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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Verdana><!-- ***** Enter Descriptive Text Below ***** --><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Welcome to the <a
href="http://www.resource-recycling.com/esn.html"><i><span style='font-style:
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contains three stories and three job listings.</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=4 color="#336699"
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#336699'>In
this issue</span></font><font face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color="#336699" face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:#336699;font-weight:bold'><a href="#Story1">GLOBAL PC GROWTH TOPS 12
PERCENT </a><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p><b><font size=2 color="#336699" face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:#336699;font-weight:bold'><a href="#Story2">GOODWILL
AND DELL TO EXPAND E-SCRAP PROGRAM</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p><b><font size=2 color="#336699" face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:#336699;font-weight:bold'><a href="#Story3">NEW
ENERGY STAR STANDARDS IN EFFECT</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p><b><font size=2 color="#336699" face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:#336699;font-weight:bold'><a href="#Story100">JOBS
AVAILABLE</a> </span></font></b><font face=Verdana><span style='font-family:
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<h3><a name=Story1><b><!-- ***** Enter Bold Headline #1 Below ***** --><font
size=4 color="#336699" face=Verdana><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:
Verdana;color:#336699'>Global PC growth tops 12 percent </span></font></b></a><o:p></o:p></h3>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><!-- ***** Enter Body Text #1 Below ***** --><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>According to reports released by
both IDC Worldwide (Framingham, Massachusetts) and Gartner Inc. (Stamford,
Connecticut), worldwide personal computer shipments grew by 12.5 percent
— with 61.1 million units shipped — for the second quarter of
2007. Four of the top five PC companies showed double-digit growth in global
shipments, with only Dell (Round Rock, <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Texas</st1:place></st1:State>)
losing ground. The company shipped 4.9-percent fewer computers for the
quarter over the same period the previous year, according to the IDC report
and 5.5-percent fewer according to Gartner. <br>
Hewlett-Packard (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Palo Alto</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State></st1:place>),
meanwhile, retained its top spot, with over 11.3 million PCs shipped globally,
good for 36.5-percent growth for the quarter. <br>
Portable computers continued to push
consumer sales, noted in both reports as being a key driver for sales in each
region. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<h3 align=center style='text-align:center'><a name=e-scrap><b><i><font
size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
font-style:italic'>E-Scrap 2007</span></font></i> Tradeshow floor space is
going fast! </b></a><o:p></o:p></h3>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Sponsorship or exhibiting
at <i><span style='font-style:italic'>E-Scrap 2007: The North American
Electronics Recycling Conference</span></i> provides a perfect opportunity
to reach industry decision-makers, including executives at original
equipment manufacturers, generators of e-scrap, government officials, trade
association leaders, as well as processors and buyers of e-scrap parts and
materials. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>To learn more about
sponsoring or exhibiting at <i><span style='font-style:italic'>E-Scrap 2007</span></i>,
please visit <a href="http://www.e-scrapnews.com/">www.e-scrapnews.com</a>.
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<h3><a name=Story2><b><font size=4 color="#336699" face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#336699'><!-- ***** Enter Bold Headline #2 Below ***** -->Goodwill
and Dell to expand e-scrap program </span></font></b></a><o:p></o:p></h3>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><!-- ***** Enter Body Text #2 Below ***** --><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Under the rubric of their joint
e-scrap collection RECONNECT program, Dell (Round Rock, <st1:State w:st="on">Texas</st1:State>)
and participating Goodwill Industries locations will be expanding to include
50 percent of Goodwill locations nationwide by 2008 and 50 percent of <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region>
households by 2009. <br>
There are 170 Goodwill organizations in
the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region>
and each is an independent entity with its own management and supervisorial
board. <br>
According to Bryant Hilton with Dell
Public Relations, "The goals are set by a RECONNECT steering committee
made up of Goodwill and Dell representatives — the Goodwill
representatives come from existing RECONNECT partners (for example, the
current chair is the executive director of the Goodwill Association of
Michigan, one of the partners), and Goodwill locations interested in starting
new programs." <br>
Currently, the RECONNECT program is
active in: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Verdana'>California</span></font></st1:State><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'> (<st1:City w:st="on">San
Francisco</st1:City> and <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">San
Diego</st1:place></st1:City>) <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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font-family:Verdana'>Michigan</span></font></st1:place></st1:State><font
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(entire state) <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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font-family:Verdana'>New Jersey</span></font></st1:place></st1:State><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>
(entire state) <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font
size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>North Carolina</span></font></st1:place></st1:State><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>
(49 of 100 counties, with the cooperation of three Goodwills) <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Pittsburgh</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>
(greater area) <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><st1:State w:st="on"><font size=2
color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Verdana'>Texas</span></font></st1:State><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'> (Central and <st1:place
w:st="on">South Texas</st1:place> — partnerships with Austin and
San Antonio Goodwills) <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>More information about the
RECONNECT program can be found online at <a
href="http://www.reconnectpartnership.com/">www.reconnectpartnership.com</a>.
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<h3><a name=Story3><b><font size=4 color="#336699" face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#336699'><!-- ***** Enter Bold Headline #3 Below ***** -->New
Energy Star standards in effect </span></font></b></a><o:p></o:p></h3>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><!-- ***** Enter Body Text #3 Below ***** --><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>The U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Energy's (both of Washington) joint
program for setting energy efficiency standards recently launched Energy Star
4.0 — updated requirements for office equipment. The new standards
affect ratings for desktop and laptop computers, copiers, fax machines,
printers and other office equipment. <br>
The new standards require that machines
should use 30 percent to 75 percent less electricity than standard equipment.
Specifically, computers should run at 80-percent minimum efficiency, with
desktop PCs running at less than two watts while in standby mode and less
than four watts in sleep mode. Laptop computers would be expected to run on
less than 1.7 watts in standby mode and less than one watt in sleep mode. <br>
According to Energy Star metrics, over
the next five years, qualified products will save <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> consumers almost $5 billion
in utility costs. <br>
The new requirements, and a list of
qualified equipment, are available <a
href="http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=find_a_product.showProductCategory&pcw_code=OEF">online</a>.
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style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana'>Jobs Available </span></font></b></a><o:p></o:p></h3>
<p><b><font size=1 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:7.5pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>Electronic Waste Program Coordinator,
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality</span></font></b><font size=1
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana'> (<st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Portland</st1:place></st1:City>). <br>
Details are available <a href="http://www.deq.state.or.us/msd/hr/jobs.asp">online</a>.
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<p><b><font size=1 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:7.5pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>Electronic Waste Specialist, Oregon
Department of Environmental Quality</span></font></b><font size=1
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana'> (<st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Portland</st1:place></st1:City>). <br>
Details are available <a href="http://www.deq.state.or.us/msd/hr/jobs.asp">online</a>.
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<p><b><font size=1 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:7.5pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>Electronic Waste Project Lead, Oregon
Department of Environmental Quality</span></font></b><font size=1
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana'> (<st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Portland</st1:place></st1:City>). <br>
Details are available <a href="http://www.deq.state.or.us/msd/hr/jobs.asp">online</a>.
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