Washington Recycler Fined for Dumping Waste in Hong Kong
SEATTLE (AP) — One of the largest electronics recycling companies in Washington state has been fined $444,000 for illegally disposing of flat-screen televisions with fluorescent tubes containing toxic mercury.
The Washington Department of Ecology said in a news release that for seven years, Seattle-based Total Reclaim shipped flat screens to Hong Kong, where they were broken apart by unprotected w