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• Xerox Cuts GHG Emissions by 20% from 2002

  
  Environmental Leader — Authority: 622
  Xerox Corp. reports greenhouse gas emissions fell 20 percent from 2002 to 2008, and says it will deliver a 25 percent reduction in total GHG emissions by 2012 from a 2002 baseline, according to the company’s 2009 Report on Global Citizenship (PDF).Xerox’s environmental sustainability goals (PDF) center on climate ...
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• UAE poor at Recycling Mobile Phones

  
  Recycling, Green, and Environmental News — Authority: 140
  Mobile phone recycling has been gaining popularity over the last years as many companies have launched schemes which encourage people to recycle.  Countries like the United Kingdom have ramped up their efforts to recycle electronic devices such as mobile phones, mp3 players, and cameras.  Not only do these items ...
  5 days ago

• Bank on Better Things With the ECO ATM

  
  Daily Greenz, the Blog from Greenzer.com — Authority: 124
  Most of the time a trip to the ATM means draining money from your bank account, but if it’s a visit to the newly debuted EcoATM that you’re planning, you could actually end up with more money to your name. The EcoATM doesn’t withdraw cash but instead accepts used cellphones (we’ve all got one in [...]
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• What to do with my old Haier HDT18PA countertop dishwasher? e-waste concerns

  
  Seven Generational Ruminations — Authority: 425
  Ive had this HDT18PA dishwasher for a few years. The space crunch in a small cottage in downtown mountain view caused me to get this compact dishwasher. It fits with the idea of living in a house no bigger than one needs, to use appliances that are no bigger than one needs. The reasoning goes that if we can get our ...
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• India Struggling with Nearly Half a Million Tons of e-Waste...and Growing

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 723
  Photo via Nickjohnson India is drowning under 420,000 tons of e-waste a year. And while it isnt clear which percentage is generated within India and which percentage is imported, what is clear is that the number is growing about 10-15% each year . If the number doesnt mean much on its own, put it next to this: ...
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• U.S. Senate Considering Bill to Slow the Impacts of e-Waste

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 723
  Photo via Rojer Could cradle-to-cradle design become law? The beginnings of it seem to be hatching with a new bill going through the Senate. The bill, titled S.1397 , the "Electronic Device Recycling Research and Development Act," would push for dealing with e-waste through not only better disposal methods, but ...
  6 days ago

• Prefab Live Green House Built in One Day

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 723
  Photo: courtesy City of Sydney, Live Green house. The sustainability demonstration showcase house was erected in a single day, when it first appeared as part of Sydneys Art & About Festival last month. Now its on the move again, this time as an exhibit for the City of Sydneys participation in Australian ...
  6 days ago

• Just 8% of Mobile Phones Recycled or Refurbished

  
  Environmental Leader — Authority: 622
  When their useful lifespan is over, just over 6 percent of mobile handsets are refurbished, and about 2 percent are ethically disposed of. But those numbers are predicted to rise over the next five years, according to a study on Green Mobile Phones from ABI Research.By 2014, ABI projects that nearly 14 percent of ...
  1 week ago

• A Scary Halloween Treat - Cards Packed with Candy and e-Waste

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 723
  My aunt takes good care of me - sending me little treats in the mail all the time. Yesterday I got a Halloween package in a cute little envelope. When I opened it, it proceeded to howl and cackle at me - a little recorded sound track that played every time you flexed the envelope open. On the one hand, I had to laugh, ...
  1 week ago

• The Great Trash Problem: What if there’s no more space left?

  
  Trends Updates — Authority: 600
  China has become the world’s largest producer of household garbage. The country has produced a lot of junk in packaging, old electronics, newspaper, bottles, etc. ‘Beijing officials warned in June that all of the city’s landfills would run out of space within five years.’ Japan has little spaces for ...
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• Stanford Study Shows the Benefits of e Waste Recycling Fees (Go California!)

  
  trade 2 save | buy sell & trade-in used electronics to cut ewaste — Authority: 121
  World renowned “ Stanford Graduate School of Business ” recently published the results of a study on the effects of upfront recycling fees for old electronics, and frankly trade2save couldn’t be more excited. In a nut shell, the research strongly suggests that not only will upfront recycling fees encourage the ...
  1 week ago

• Upfront recycling fees can help curb flood of e-waste

  
  Greenbang — Authority: 565
  Charging consumers an upfront fee to cover the eventual cost of recycling the electronics they buy also encourages people to use their devices longer and gives manufacturers more time to develop better products, according to researchers at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business. Such fees could provide a ...
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• Great “Manufacturers’ Recycling Policy” Resource

  
  trade 2 save | buy sell & trade-in used electronics to cut ewaste — Authority: 121
  Today, online e- gadget blog “ engadget ” released a fantastic article regarding recycling e waste. While detailing the engadget ’s own absurdly large collection of gadgets accumulated from years of electronics reviews, the article then continues to briefly mention the problem of e waste and detail the ...
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• GM Receives $2.7M ARPA-E Award to Explore Thermomechanical Waste Heat Recovery Using SMA Heat Engine

  
  Green Car Congress — Authority: 598
  Concept diagram of an SMA heat engine for power generation from waste engine heat. Source: GM. Click to enlarge. As one of 37 projects selected by the US Department of Energy’s ARPA-E (earlier post), General Motors R&D will receive $2.7 million (subject to final negotiation with DOE) to support building a ...
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• How-to: recycle your old gadgets

  
  Engadget — Authority: 880
  We see a lot of gadgets come in the door here at Engadget. In fact, getting them in the door is actually the easy part... its getting them back out thats a bit confusing. Recycling -- something that most of us do on a day-to-day basis with our trash -- is a bit stickier when it comes to gadgets. In recent years, ...
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• The Move Toward Universal Phone Chargers

  
  Tech Policy Central — Authority: 110
  According to News.com, the United Nations International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has approved a standard for a universal cellphone charger based on micro-USB technology. You may remember that during last months House oversight hearing of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Congressman Ed Markey (D-MA) ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Growth of the Gray Market: More Americans Turn to Pre-Owned Electronics and Games to Save Money

  
  trade 2 save | buy sell & trade-in used electronics to cut ewaste — Authority: 121
  The American economy is in the slumps and our culture of mass consumerism is being called into question both fiscally and morally. Originally posted in 2007, an extremely interesting and provocative lecture was held by McAlvany International Collectors Associates (ICA) economists, predicting the very economic ...
  2 weeks ago

• CSC Targets 30% Energy Reduction

  
  Environmental Leader — Authority: 622
  CSC, a global IT services provider, has taken steps over the past year to ensure a sustainable environment by focusing on programs such as energy reduction, waste management, and IT equipment reuse and recycling, according to the firm’s annual corporate responsibility report (PDF).CSC is committed to reducing ...
  3 weeks ago

• Chris Jordan at Greener Gadgets

  
  CVN Video — Authority: 142
  Chris Jordan is a Seattle-based photographic artist who portrays the detritus of our mass culture: piles of cell phones, aluminum cans, garbage, and the like. His work is exhibited widely in the US and Europe , and has been featured in print media, blogs, documentary films, and radio and television programs worldwide. ...
  3 weeks ago

• Ewaste scandal: Spotting an ewaste exporter

  
  trade 2 save | buy sell & trade-in used electronics to cut ewaste — Authority: 121
  Today a fantastic article was published by Trib Total Media reporting on the shady dealings of many so called “electronics recycling” companies. The report essentially detailed the fact that for e-waste to be properly handled and recycled there almost always will be a fee for those dropping off old computers, ...
  3 weeks ago

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