Texas Campaign for the Environment
- Texas Campaign for the Environment
The Texas Campaign for the Environment (TCE) is an organization that works on health and environmental issues in the state of Texas.
It has of late focused primarily on the ill effects of electronic waste and its impact on Texas water sources. The campaign made headlines in 2005 when it successfully pressured Dell and Apple to recycle for consumers. Most recently, TCE built a broad coalition of environmental groups, local governments, electronics producers, and recyclers that resulted in the passing of producer takeback legislation in Texas. House Bill 2714 was unanimously passed and signed into law by Governor Rick Perry on June 17, 2007. This law requires all computer companies who wish to sell their products in the state to develop convenient, free recycling programs for their consumers. As of 2008, TCE is working to get a similar bill passed that will require television companies to take back and recycle their obsolete products as well. The organization itself, currently headed by Robin Schnieder, has been operating since 1991 and is based out of both Dallas and Austin. In the Fall of 2008, TCE plans to open another office in Houston.
The primary tool of TCE is the field canvass. Five to six days a week, TCE organizers head out into Texas residential areas and go door-to-door educating citizens on current issues and getting them involved by collecting membership contributions and having them write letters to corporate, federal, state and local figures. TCE has won numerous awards and is a leading voice on environmental issues in Texas.
ee also
*Don't Mess with Texas
*Take Care of Texas
*Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ)
External links
* [http://www.texasenvironment.org Texas Campaign for the Environment Official Website]
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