ecoATM Installs First eCycling Station to Provide Only Automated Solution for Mobile Phone and Consumer Electronics Trade-ins

ecoATM announced that it has installed its first Automated eCycling Station for eWaste recycling take-back programs and trade-in promotions. The installation at Nebraska Furniture Mart in Omaha on September 21, 2009, has proven to be an immediate success, both in the number of recycled devices and the resulting trade-up purchases. By automating the buy-back and payment process, the system offers financial incentives to consumers for all used mobile phone models and will soon support other consumer electronics, regardless of their condition.

"The ecoATM makes it easy and convenient for our customers to trade-in and recycle their used mobile phones," said Jay Buchanan, Electronics Division Director, Nebraska Furniture Mart, Inc., America's Largest Home Furnishings Store. "This benefits both our customers and the environment."

"We are extremely pleased with the initial results and consumers' delight with the system," said Mark Bowles, CEO, ecoATM Inc. "ecoATM's solution finally makes it easy for consumers to give their used phones a second life or to recycle them. Over 100 million used, but still valuable, phones are quietly retired to closets and drawers each year in the US where they decay into zero value and then enter our landfills years later. Our automated ecoATM provides consumers and retailers an easy, convenient, incentivized method to convert those devices into real money instead of toxic waste."

"Consumer electronics retailers and their OEM partners are facing a complex and growing set of state and municipal eWaste laws. Consumer convenience is important to solving the eWaste problem in the U.S., and trade-in/trade-up incentive programs are proving to be quite effective in retail," said Leslie Hand, Research Director, IDC Retail Insights.

San Diego's CONNECT organization also announced this week that ecoATM was a Most Innovative New Product (MIP) Awards finalist. The CONNECT MIP Awards are San Diego's "Oscars" for regional innovation. The winners will be announced in December.

ecoATM will launch additional eCycling Stations with several more national retailers over the next quarter in San Diego, Boston, Dallas, and Seattle.

Keywords: ecoATM Inc., Consumer Electronics, Electronics, Finance, Financial, Investing, Investment, Leisure

This article was prepared by Leisure & Travel Business editors from staff and other reports. Copyright 2009, Leisure & Travel Business via VerticalNews.com.

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A quick reminder that Forever Redwood's website do-over is going live in one week (next Thursday the 15th).

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What ForeverRedwood's Doing to Fight Forest Fires

Each summer and fall the fire season explodes and the news is filled with stories of burning homes and thousands of brave men and women fighting fires and risking their lives protecting communities. It's a giant annual event and it's getting worse. In July 2008, lightning storms ignited thousands of fires in California that burned for weeks. The losses and cost to contain them were staggering. The real calamity in all this is that it is mostly an avoidable disaster. It really doesn't have to be this way.

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Forest fires are a vital and natural part of all western forests. The fires regenerate and balance countless biological processes. For example, some vegetation has been recorded as extinct in areas where fires were suppressed only to reappear after a fire!

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The probability an average fire will grow to be a catastrophic fire is multiplied when forestlands are poorly managed. Most of the forests of the west today are young and overgrown. Hot, highly destructive fires feed on the excessive lower limbs, downed woody debris and the suppressed and dying trees of mostly young forests.

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ForeverRedwood Review Comments and Testimonial

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We have been shipping our "Forever Redwood" Coupon outdoor furniture sets to the toughest climates in the U.S. and Canada for over a decade now. We offer decay warranties of up to 30 years on the entire line regardless of how harsh the outdoor weather is. No other outdoor furniture line has warranties like it.

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ForeverRedwood Thank You Coupon Code 15% Discount

Forever Redwood has reached a milestone moment and I want to share what is happening with you—our friends and supporters.

First, some background...

As you know, Forever Redwood is a restoration forestry company that operates a custom wood-working shop to fund the forestry work. We mill our oversized timbers from our carefully managed lands and build each order by hand. Handcrafting has led to the development of an extensive and growing line of wood patio furniture with many items developed by you—our customers and supporters. Since 1995, we have invested all excess sales revenue in restoring forestlands that were clearcut back to a maturing forest. Our forest is storing over twice more carbon today than when we started.

This Year and Beyond

2009 has been an exciting year for us. Even in this soft economy, we have continued to grow by constantly improving the quality of the furniture. To continue our growth, we are beginning the construction of a second story expansion in our existing wood-working shop and are planning to equip and man a second wood-working shop.

Unfortunately, the cost of most items used to make our beautiful Forever Furniture have risen considerably in recent years. Thus, we wanted you to know with plenty of lead time that we are moving forward on our first general price hike in three years. It is planned to go live on the site in mid-October. The price hike is coupled with a new free shipping option to keep the net increase to an average of 15%. The popular 4-6 week discounted shipping introduced this summer is being expanded to a free shipping option in the continental U.S. Because of the high cost to ship outside the continental U.S., free shipping will not be available for orders to Canada, Mexico, Hawaii, and Alaska—but the discounted shipping option will continue to be.

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At the same time, we are introducing a new wood grade using recycled small pieces of wood, called Eco-Parquet. It is quite beautiful and long-lasting. But, more importantly, it uses perfectly good small pieces of wood that were otherwise going to the landfill. We are thrilled about this and can't wait to show off the results of many months of experiments to put this wood to use.

We also have some beautiful new designs that are will be posted to the site in time for the holiday season. As soon as they go live, we'll email you so you can check out our latest work.

I wanted you to be the first to know about these changes. We are excited about these steps and hope we can count on your continuing support.

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If you have been contemplating a purchase, you can lock in the lower pricing by ordering before October 15. Make sure to use the "RIO" coupon code to save 15% (if calling in, just mention it). If you can wait, we'd appreciate your using the 4-6 week shipping (and save some $).

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