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What's the NEW Green in 2008?
STERLING, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--N.E.W. Customer Service Companies, Inc. (NEW), the nation’s leading provider of extended service plans and buyer protection programs for consumer products, today announced the launch of ecoNEW®—a new trade-in and recycling service that helps consumers get rid of their older, unwanted electronics while at the same time providing them with an easy-to-use, environmental solution for e-waste recycling. More
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NEW Launches E-Cycling Trade In Service
While Europeans are using the legal system to enforce e-cycling of consumer electronics, the U.S. has taken a decidedly more capitalist approach. This week at CES, the largest extended-warranty provider in the country, National Electronics Warranty (NEW), said that it will try and solve the problem of recycling electronics with its “ecoNew” trade-in and recycling program, which will enable electronics retailers to provide branded return and recycling offerings to their clients. More
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Increasing Green Efforts: Even more new services emerge to help customers, and the companies that service them, stay green.
January 07, 2008 - Just when you thought you had seen everything from packaging to furniture go green, even more new services emerge to help customers and the companies that service them stay green. Recent announcements boast a green-motivating electronic recycling service and eco-conscious trade show tips. More
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Electronics Trade-In Method Established
N.E.W. Customer Service Cos. Inc., Dulles, Va., is ramping up a Web-based program called ecoNEW that will allow individuals and companies working with retailers to receive trade-in value for a range of obsolete electronic items. More
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At CES, Warranty Companies Look to ‘08
Extended service plan companies came to the 2008 CES in “response mode,” offering freshened programs and strategies and “green” initiatives that dovetail with the environmentally conscious bent exhibited of late by the manufacturing side of the industry. More
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Companies Launch Gadget Buyback Services
Companies Launches 'Guaranteed' Gadget Buyback Service for Frequent Upgraders
NEW YORK (AP) -- We think a lot about getting new gadgets, but not so much about getting rid of old ones. The result: old cell phones, defunct laser printers and Pentium III computers gathering dust. More
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Get Cash and Credit for Your Old Gear
If you're anything like us, you've probably got a house or apartment filled with obsolete gadgets and computer gear. Pretty much your only options until now have been eBay or garbage. Dealing with customers on eBay can be difficult, and shipping large equipment is expensive and inconvenient, while throwing out some of your gadgets is not only wasteful, but may be illegal depending on what you're tossing. More
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Would You Pay Now to Sell Old Gadgets Later?
How would you feel about paying to recycle your old gadgets? Or, really, to pay up front to have it bought back when you're ready to trade up to a newer laptop or MP3 player? Got that? More
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TechForward and NEW: Gadget Buyback and Recycling
The ecoNEW program — which amounts to a vast expansion of the trade-in programs some retailers run, mainly as promotions — won't charge upfront like TechForward. More
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Electronics Recycling is Good for the Earth and Your Investment Portfolio
I’ve looked into green investments before and one of the fastest growing sectors is recycling electronics. One of the latest editions to this trend is called ecoNEW a service program from NEW, a customer service based company that provides extended service and buyer protection programs for products. They’ve jumped on the environmental bandwagon and got into recycling electronics of all sorts. More
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Electronics Trade-In Method Established
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N.E.W. Customer Service Cos. Inc., Dulles, Va., is ramping up a Web-based program called ecoNEW that will allow individuals and companies working with retailers to receive trade-in value for a range of obsolete electronic items.
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