Companies announce Comprehensive U.S.
Take Back and Recycling Program

Sony Electronics, in partnership with Waste Management Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary, WM Recycle America, LLC, announces the “Sony Take Back” program, the first national recycling program for post-consumer electronics.

From cameras to televisions, “Sony Take Back” gives Sony customers a free and convenient way to recycle up to five Sony products per day by dropping them off at designated Waste Management eCycling Drop-Off Centers throughout the country.  Waste Management currently has 75 electronic recycling collection sites throughout the U.S. and will have one in every state by the end of 2007.   Consumers also have the option of shipping their used Sony electronics products to select Waste Management locations.

As the technology industry sees continued growth, the amount of electronic waste is also increasing.  A study by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency showed that in 2005, used or unwanted electronics amounted to approximately 1.9 to 2.2 million tons.  Of that, about 1.5 to 1.9 million tons were primarily discarded in landfills, and only 345,000 to 379,000 tons were recycled.  By recycling old electronic products, useful materials such as glass, plastic, copper wiring – even precious metals – can be collected and re-used in the manufacture of other products.  Recycling not only minimizes the amount of waste needed for disposal, it also minimizes the extraction of new raw materials from the earth and resources required for processing.

How the Program Works:

Locate the nearest recycling center to you or call 1-877-439-2795.

If you would like to mail your Sony product to us for no-fee recycling, please send it to the closest WM Recycle America eCycling center below:

1800 Broadway NE	Minneapolis	MN	55413
3730 East 48th Street	Denver	CO	80216
5519 NW 4th St	Oklahoma City	OK	73127
203 Tremont Street	Springfield	MA	01107