Within a month, his staff got assistance for three people with extremely high drug costs and low monthly incomes. Products are modeled from inexpensive foam molds and can be produced with greater precision and at much lower costs than can be achieved by conventional manufacturing. VEC's first major debut will be in a Little Falls, Minnesota facility run by Genmar Holdings that plans to produce 10,000 boats a year. Makers of autos, airplanes and other moldable products have expressed interest in the process as well. In the last 20 years, Americans have put aside an estimated 175 million outdated personal computers.
Few companies recycle old computers, and most charge a fee.
And if all these machines find their way into landfills, it'll be a waste-disposal nightmare. The county's Department of Solid Waste Management teamed up with a local firm, Computer Drive Connection Inc., to offer free computer recycling at a local site. In three weeks, the effort managed to fill a 30-yard container with used PC parts that the company recycled. If you get caught speeding in Wisconsin, you might be offered a speedier way to pay your ticket. The Wisconsin State Patrol is the first law enforcement agency in the country to have wireless credit card readers installed in some of its patrol cars.