Sony USA First To Sign Responsible Recycling Commitment

Sony Electronics USA has just launched the first takeback program for any television company in the US.

While the leading computer companies have already established recycling programs, Sony is the only television company to offer a national program for free takeback and recycling to its customers in the US.

Sony Electronics has also just announced that it will abide by the highest standards of e-waste recycling when consumers drop off obsolete Sony electronics at designated recycling sites, and has signed the Electronics TakeBack Coalition’s “Manufacturer Commitment to Responsible E-Waste Recycling.”  This commits Sony to make sure that e-waste collected in its program will not be dumped in developing countrieirs, will not go to prison labor recycling plants, and will not end up in our landfills or incinerators.

Sony will take back any used product with Sony’s name on it, at no cost to consumers, and will eventually reach a goal of recycling a pound of old electronics for every new pound of products sold.

With 75 collection sites in the US now in operation, Sony plans to double the number of sites in the first year.  Learn more about Sony's recycling program here.