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Environmental Enforcement: EPA Orders Disposal of Seized E-Waste Bound for Vietnam · Environmental Management & Energy News · Environmental Leader

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Environmental Enforcement: EPA Orders Disposal of Seized E-Waste Bound for Vietnam · Environmental Management & Energy News · Environmental Leader.

Two recycling companies have been ordered to properly dispose of computer waste they attempted to illegally export from Minnesota to Vietnam, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday.

The EPA alleges that the companies attempted to export hundreds of computer monitors to Vietnam for disposal, through the Port of Seattle. The agency is imposing a $31,600 penalty against the companies for violating federal hazardous waste laws.

According to the EPA, Toronto-based Metro Metals Corp., and Avista Recycling, Inc., a recycler based in Minnesota, arranged for the export of a shipment of 913 discarded computer monitors to Vietnam in early December.

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Written by Janet

February 18, 2011 at 11:01 am

Posted in Environment, News, Politics

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