TRR photo by Sandy Long Jason Plummer of ARI Industries in Port Jervis, NY holds a bin of used cell phones destined for a second life. ARI sorts the phones it receives according to their appropriateness for reuse. Phones that are too old or damaged are disassembled for recycling.

Cell phones: calling it quits

When the time comes to say goodbye how will you handle it?

By SANDY LONG

PORT JERVIS, NY—One hundred million cell phones are approaching end-of-life management in the United States, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which also estimates that fewer than 20 percent of cell phones are recycled annually. To address this growing environmental problem, the EPA recently launched “Plug-In to eCycling,” a campaign targeting the proper disposal and recycling of one of America’s favorite electronic gadgets and its accessories.

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PA community is split at meeting on drilling

Damascus residents bandy pros and cons

By TOM KANE

DAMASCUS, PA - Two sides are lining up over the issue of gas drilling.

At the monthly meeting of the Damascus Township Board on February 18, several speakers spoke against and others spoke in favor of allowing large drilling companies to begin drilling for natural gas on private property.

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Concord project may depend on money from state

Developer visits local government

By FRITZ MAYER

MONTICELLO, NY—Developer Louis Cappelli says he has a commitment for $350 million from a banking group to build his so-called entertainment city on the site of the famed but faded Concord Hotel. The problem is, to build the kind of enormous, dazzling, heart-stopping destination he envisions, he will need twice that much money. He’s hoping New York State officials will help with some of the rest of the funding.

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Other stories in this issue:

• Farmers oppose four-acre option in Bethel
• Wayne County Dairy/Ag Day attracts pols
• Supervisors re-endorse landfill expansion
• New York landowners meet over gas drilling
• Toronto access case wends slowly through the courts

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