E Waste

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• Best Buy: An Emerging Green Giant

  
  GreenBiz.com Green Business News — Authority: 643
  The big-box retailer has adopted a strategy of helping its customers buy the greenest products possible, but has also quietly and steadily become the countrys largest recycler of discarded electronics.
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• The Great CRT TV Massacre: Berlin Victims Speak (Slideshow)

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 693
  Photo courtesy of Gerrit Sievert . In Berlin, countless e-murders take place every day. Sprawled on just about every street corner, tumbled in alley ways, broken and exposed under the elements that scatter leaves, snow, rain over the bulky bodies that used to proudly glow in living rooms across the city, East and ...
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• Households Should not Wait for Government

  
  Recycling, Green, and Environmental News — Authority: 143
  As the world awaits the outcome of the United Nations summit on climate change will take place soon in Copenhagen, many are wondering whether or not world leaders will back up their pledge to come to a resolution on climate change.  Although some are pessimistic about the chances of a binding resolution on carbon ...
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• How to Rehab Your Laptop’s Battery

  
  Matador Change — Authority: 492
  Photo: Ed Yourdon For a writer there’s nothing worse than your laptop battery punking out when you’re on the road. Except when your backup laptop’s battery punks out, too. I was really at wit’s end last week , when not just one but both of my laptops died the night before a trip. “I’m going to walk ...
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• Nokia Asia Recycling more than Nokia Europe

  
  Recycling, Green, and Environmental News — Authority: 143
  Mobile phone recycling has become one of the fastest growing segments of the recycling industry after governments around the world put pressure on mobile phone manufacturers to come up with innovative schemes to increase the rates at which their customers are recycling old phones and other e-waste.  There have been ...
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• EnviroFone Launches Mobile Phone Recycling Scheme

  
  Recycling, Green, and Environmental News — Authority: 143
  Mobile phone manufacturers have felt pressure from governments to come up with new and innovative ways to increase the number of people who recycle their used mobile phones.  As technology speeds along at ever faster rates people are replacing phones more often in an effort to always have the latest and greatest ...
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• Trash Thursday: Is Recycling in a Recession?

  
  Blog On Smog — Authority: 129
    California, often cited as the leader in environmental standards and other green activities, is having difficulties maintaining its recycling program.  Simply put, it is in distress due to financial issues.  Mired in debt and litigation  More...
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• Motorola Extends Mobile Phone Take Back Program

  
  Recycling, Green, and Environmental News — Authority: 143
  Mobile phone recycling has become one of the key issues of the recycling industry for many reasons.  Not only do mobile phones and other types of e-waste take up large amounts of room in landfills, but batteries from mobile phones can often leak harmful chemicals into the soil which can end up contaminating drinking ...
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• Full Circle Wireless has new CEO

  
  Recycling, Green, and Environmental News — Authority: 143
  Recently Full Circle Wireless announced the hiring of a new General Manager and CEO.  Full Circle Wireless, which is one of the biggest recyclers and resellers of used wireless devices and accessories, announced that Shelton Basham will take over as both General Manager and CEO.  The aim of Full Circle Wireless is ...
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• Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, November 25

  
  Cool Green Science: The Conservation Blog of The Nature Conservancy — Authority: 499
  There’s a lot to be thankful this morning, readers. The majority of Americans believe that climate change is happening , and want to do something about it.  Someday, your cell phone’s waste heat could actually make its battery last longer .  There’s hope for a rise in e-recycling . Something else we’re ...
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• Australia Considers E-Waste Law

  
  Environmental Leader — Authority: 606
  The Australian government is supporting a recycling scheme initiated by the television and computer industries to increase electronic waste or e-waste recycling, reports the Australian Broadcasting Corp. (ABC). But recycling experts say it will be difficult for industry and government to decide on how to run it, ...
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• Nothing Easy About E-Waste

  
  New York City News Service - CUNY Graduate School of Journalism — Authority: 518
  Old computers, iPods, cell phones - Brian Boyd’s got ‘em all. But when Boyd, who runs a social media company, TrakVu, out of his Upper West Side apartment, wanted to get rid of some of his electronics, he didn’t know what to do with the stuff. Read More
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• What Does the Public think About E-Waste Recycling?

  
  CEA Digital Dialogue — Authority: 114
  By Jennifer Bemisderfer Last Thursday, Pike Research released an interesting study, "Electronics Recycling and E-Waste Issues," shedding light on the public’s opinion regarding the problem of escalating waste from discarded, outdated devices. This independent survey found that while 76 percent of Americans ...
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• Samsung Celebrates E-Waste Milestone

  
  Recycling, Green, and Environmental News — Authority: 143
  The topic of e-waste has been all over the media lately as the world tries to figure out what to do with the millions of tonnes of used electronics that we throw away each year.  The issue has become an ethical one as it was recently discovered that the United Kingdom has been illegally dumping much of its e-waste on ...
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• Electronics Boom, E-Cycling Lags

  
  Environmental Leader — Authority: 606
  How many people around the world own a cell phone today?About 4 billion cell phones are in the pockets of men and women around the world – half of the global population. According to the Pew Internet & American Life project, cell phone ownership among U.S. adults rose almost 10 percent in just one year [...]
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• Who Is Gonna Pay For My e-Waste?? Not Me!

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 693
  Photo via shooting brooklyn According to a new study by Pike Research , 76% of consumers are aware that one of the primary components for reducing e-waste is proper recycling. Rejoice! 76% of consumers can see the obvious!! Now the only trick to getting more of those consumers - indeed everyone - to act on ...
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• 76% of US Consumers Want E-Waste Recycling

  
  Pacebutler Blog — Authority: 120
  A recent study released by Pike Research, a market research and consulting firm, has confirmed that most American electronic consumers are aware of the burgeoning e-waste problem and believe the best course of action is recycling. In a recent survey conducted among 1,000 electronic consumers in the US, 76% of ...
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• Computer Aid International reusing old Computers

  
  Recycling, Green, and Environmental News — Authority: 143
  One of the increasing problems of waste management is how to deal and dispose of e-waste.  E-waste, which includes items like computers, mobile phones, printers, and televisions, is rapidly becoming one of the biggest problems for communities aiming to reduce the size of their landfills.  The United Kingdom has been ...
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• Microsoft Bans Nearly a Million Xbox Users, Now Crippled Consoles Are Flooding the Market

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 693
  Photo via Collin Allen After discovering nearly a million users had modified their consoles to play pirated games via the Xbox live service, Microsoft gave them the boot from the service and now the modified consoles are making their way onto the market by the hundreds, with more likely to follow. The ban works on ...
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• Electronics Recycling - Five Reasons For Recycling Your Old Electronics

  
  EbioAnt — Authority: 143
  By F. Tadesse 1. The most important reason for recycling electronics is to save our environment. Our electronics equipment contains some of the most toxic chemicals such as lead and mercury in large amounts. Though it is getting better now, for a long time most of our e-waste ended up in our landfills. 2. Making ...
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