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Maker of flat-panel HDTVs joins with Waste Management on eco-initiative
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LG Electronics USA is teaming up with Waste Management Inc. to create the first recycling program for hotel operators to responsibly dispose of outdated television sets and computer monitors.
In 2010 alone, hundreds of hotels are expected to upgrade thousands of rooms with energy-efficient LG flat-panel digital TVs, which will displace older analog picture tube TVs. To support this growing trend, LG Electronics will being offering offer environmentally conscious hotel, motel and resort operators a convenient, cost-effective opportunity for recycling the obsolete hotel TVs.
Under this new program, planned for launch in 2010, LG Electronics would facilitate the recycling process through Waste Management's subsidiary WM Recycle America LLC. In addition to offering the TV and monitor-recycling program, LG would assist hoteliers in working with WM to recycle the packaging from the new LG flat-panel HDTVs and computer monitors being installed in their properties.
"This program will encourage hotel operators to dispose of outdated electronics in an environmentally responsible manner," said Teddy Hwang, president, LG Electronics USA, which established its successful nationwide electronics-recycling program for consumers with Waste Management over a year ago. This initiative "further supports LG's global sustainability initiative that also encompasses energy conservation, reduction of hazardous substances and responsible product designs," he noted.
Jason Linnell, executive director of the National Center for Electronics Recycling, called the LG hotel TV recycling concept "a significant new development" in the e-waste arena. "Most voluntary and state-mandated efforts across the country have been focused on consumer recycling efforts. So, when you think of the millions of analog TVs being replaced in hotels across the country, this approach is particularly noteworthy. We urge hotel operators to take advantage of these kinds of opportunities."
For more information, please visit www.LGcommercial.com.
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