We called this the show about Change. For good reason!
Most people don’t have ‘e-waste’ on their radar. It often sounds a lot like the industrial effluent problem that we keep hearing about. But e-waste is something very personal, something we contribute to whether we know about it or not.
Some startling stats: Between 2005 and 2006, the total volume of waste hitting municipal landfills increased by 1.2 percent. Ewaste however increased by 8.6%!
In studio, Jeffrey Rassas and Daniel Henderson
Our first guest, Jeffery Rassas, began YouChange.com to do something about this. But there’s an interesting business model behind it, where both people and planet benefit.
Our second guest was Daniel Henderson, Founder and CEO, Relumination. His company retrofits lighting features in organizations, small and large. But it’s more than the light bulb that we talked about.
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This show will be all about Change. But no, it will not be about the political kind!
We have two guests in studio today who have somewhat overlapping ideas of how we could be change agents in business and sustainability.
Jeff Rassas is the Chairman, CEO & President of YouChange, a Scottsdale-AZ based company that’s the only E-waste program that collects, refurbishes , resells and recycles used gadgets.
YouChange works like a community where members offer to recycle any electronic product and have a Fair Market Value for it -plus be awarded Reward Points that can be earned in other ways as well.
Dan Henderson, is the founder and CEO, Relumination and we will talk to him about how businesses could shrink their environmental footprint and save on energy and operational costs.
Not many people are aware that LED light bulbs use just 10 percent of the electricity used by a standard (incandescent) bulb. Florescent bulbs use up to three times more that LEDs. Why do organizations still promote CFL’s then? We will ask him about this and more!
Got questions or comments for Jeff or Dan?
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