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{{Infobox organization
| nickname            = TCE
| formation           = 1991
| name                = Texas Campaign for the Environment
| logo                =
| area_served         = Texas
| leader_title        = Executive Director
| leader_name         = Robin Schneider
| website             = https://www.texasenvironment.org
| homepage            = {{URL|http://www.texasenvironment.org}}
| tax_id              = 74-2891025
| status              = 501(c)4
| purpose             = Grassroots environmental organizing
| headquarters        = Austin, Texas
| location            = Dallas, Texas
| location2           = Houston, Texas
| addnl_location_city = Corpus Christi, Texas
}}
'''Texas Campaign for the Environment''' (TCE) is a [[grassroots]] [[advocacy]] [[501(c)(4)]] [[non-profit organization]] that works on health and [[environmental issue]]s in the state of [[Texas]] in the United States. TCE began when its founders parted ways with Texans United in 1991. The organization has offices in [[Dallas, Texas|Dallas]], [[Austin, Texas|Austin]], [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], and [[Corpus Christi, Texas|Corpus Christi]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Texas Campaign for the Environment |url=https://www.texasenvironment.org/contact |url-status=live |accessdate=2009-05-06 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090224203447/http://www.texasenvironment.org/index.cfm |archivedate=2009-02-24}}</ref>
TCE worked with others in closing the grandfather loophole in the Texas Clean Air Act, requiring older industrial facilities to install modern pollution control systems.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/column?oid=oid:81368|title=Capitol Chronicle}}</ref> Currently focused on waste and recycling issues, TCE has organized communities near landfills and trash facilities to oppose major expansions<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:561567|title=Dumped by County, BFI Takes Landfill Plan to TCEQ}}</ref> and advocate for increased recycling programs in Texas. TCE is working to implement [[Zero waste]] strategies and is a member of the Central Texas Zero Waste Alliance.<ref>[http://ctzwa.org/ Central Texas Zero Waste Alliance]</ref>
TCE has a special focus on [[electronic waste]] and its negative effects in Texas, the U.S. and worldwide, and is a leading member of the Electronics TakeBack Coalition [https://web.archive.org/web/20160214041727/http://www.electronicstakeback.com/home/].  In 2007, TCE was part of a coalition of environmental groups, local governments, electronics producers, and recyclers that resulted in the passage of producer takeback recycling (also known as [[extended producer responsibility]]) 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mysanantonio.com/business/Computer_makers_responsible_for_recycling.html |title=Computer makers responsible for recycling |accessdate=2009-05-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090403134358/http://www.mysanantonio.com/business/Computer_makers_responsible_for_recycling.html |archivedate=2009-04-03 }}</ref> TCE then worked to pass a similar bill that would require television companies to take back and recycle their obsolete products as well. This legislation passed but was vetoed by Governor Rick Perry.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sacurrent.com/blog/queblog.asp?perm=69794 |title=San Antonio Current - Blogs |accessdate=2009-12-31 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100601215333/http://www.sacurrent.com/blog/queblog.asp?perm=69794 |archivedate=2010-06-01 }}</ref>  As of 2010, TCE is working to pass national legislation to restrict the exportation of toxic electronic waste to developing countries overseas.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_43/b4105000160974.htm |title=E-Waste: The Dirty Secret of Recycling Electronics - BusinessWeek |website=www.businessweek.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081019040852/http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_43/b4105000160974.htm |archive-date=2008-10-19}}</ref> The organization is currently headed by Robin Schneider, who has been featured in several books on electronic waste such as ''[[Challenging the Chip]]''.
TCE was a vocal force in Houston's negotiation of a new recycling contract, helping secure glass and single-use plastic bags as part of Houston's move to single-stream recycling.<ref>[https://www.houstonchronicle.com/local/gray-matters/article/Who-wins-in-the-new-recycling-deal-Houston-12501383.php "Who wins in the new recycling deal? Houston."] TCE Houston Program Director Rosanne Barone, Houston Chronicle, 1/16/18</ref>
The primary tool of TCE is [[canvassing]]. 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.
==See also==
*[[Green computing]]
*[[Computer recycling]]
*[[Electronic waste]]
*[[Zero waste]]
==References==
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==External links==
* '''[http://www.texasenvironment.org Texas Campaign for the Environment]'''
* [http://www.texastakeback.com Texas producer takeback recycling programs]
* [http://www.electronicstakeback.com National Electronics Takeback Coalition]
[[Category:Environmental organizations based in Texas]]
[[Category:Environment of Texas]]
[[Category:501(c)(4) nonprofit organizations]]
[[Category:Non-profit organizations based in Houston]]
[[Category:Non-profit organizations based in Texas]]