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• Interpol Launches Global Operation Against E Waste Exporters

  
  trade 2 save | buy sell & trade-in used electronics to cut ewaste — Authority: 121
  A new week begins in trade2save ’s new office! We start this chilly Monday with exciting news announced from recycling website “ letsrecycle.com ” regarding the global fight against ewaste crimes. As a major step forward in this battle, Interpol has begun international action to face illegal e waste ...
  14 hours ago

• eWaste and Corporate Social Responsibility

  
  seamlessenterprise.com — Authority: 117
  As an IT guy, I’m surrounded by electronics: computers, servers, mobile devices, phones, and monitors, printers and more. And at home I have even more electronics: PCs, TVs, radios, MP3 players, DVD players, DVRs, and too many other gadgets to mention. In addition to being a gadget head, I like data. One ...
  19 hours ago

• Canadians To Pay e-Waste Fee On Computers And Electronics

  
  iPhone in Canada Blog - Tips, Tricks, News, and Tutorials for Canadian iPhone Users — Authority: 573
  In a surprise move, the Provincial Governments for three Canadian provinces will be charging consumers of Apple products an e-Waste fee effective November 8, 2009. This puts them on par with other provinces who are already charging a similar fee. e-Waste Fee The new e-Waste fee is a small fee automatically ...
  1 day ago

• The Examiner Aims at Ewaste

  
  trade 2 save | buy sell & trade-in used electronics to cut ewaste — Authority: 121
  Happy Friday from trade2save ! It has been a chaotic but rewarding week as our new office is pretty much up and running albeit a few tweaks to be made here and there. Furthermore, with the rampant spreading of flu, colds, and general sickness our staff has taken it’s fair share of casualties so make sure all you ...
  3 days ago

• Historic National E Waste Policy Passed in Austrailia

  
  trade 2 save | buy sell & trade-in used electronics to cut ewaste — Authority: 121
  Following our own nation’s (The USA, for our international readers) first signs of progress in implementing a national policy towards e waste  (see previous article) ,  Australia has decided to up the ante and fully pass e waste legislation to be implemented! Way to go Australia!Just announced today by  ...
  4 days ago

• The Digital TV Switch Causes 70% Rise in e-Waste

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 722
  Photo via Esquire We worried about the rise in dumped TVs when the switch to digital in the US occurred back in June. The UK is also switching to digita... Read the full story on TreeHugger
  4 days ago

• Electronics Industry Lawsuit Called ‘Attack on States’ Rights’

  
  Environmental Leader — Authority: 621
  As the electronics industry continues its lawsuit against New York City’s e-waste recycling law, a number of state and local government representatives have signed a letter accusing the electronics industry of trying to usurp state rights. The letter was organized by the Electronics Takeback Coalition.The Consumer ...
  4 days ago

• Fear Factoid #3

  
  Daily Cow — Authority: 503
  The tonnage of e-waste we toss out with the garbage each year-about 2.57 million tons or 4.6 billion pounds-is equivalent to about 685 million laptops. Fifty million tons of e-waste is generated per year.
  4 days ago

• Futuristic Recyclable Paper Laptop Design

  
  Greenlaunches.com — Authority: 137
  Computer and modern technology is becoming highly indispensible and there is constant innovation with new improved gadgets and accessories replacing the old. Thus disposing off old electronic gadgets becomes very difficult as most parts are non-biodegradable and extremely harmful to environment too. Designer Je Sung ...
  5 days ago

• Xerox Cuts GHG Emissions by 20% from 2002

  
  Environmental Leader — Authority: 621
  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 ...
  5 days ago

• Oh, Please No - TwitterPeek Is an e-Waste Mess of a One Trick Pony

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 722
  Image via Ubergizmo This is a great one for our UnTreehugger category. Its a device that does just one thing, just one thing that any smart phone or computer can do for you, just one thing that no one really needs a device to do. It checks your Twitter account. ... Read the full story on TreeHugger
  5 days ago

• 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: 123
  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 [...]
  5 days ago

• 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 ...
  6 days ago

• India Struggling with Nearly Half a Million Tons of e-Waste...and Growing

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 722
  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: ...
  6 days ago

• U.S. Senate Considering Bill to Slow the Impacts of e-Waste

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 722
  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: 722
  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: 621
  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

• Saving Money with Green IT: Time To Invest In Information Factories

  
  StorageIOblog — Authority: 118
  There is a good and timely article titled Green IT Can Save Money, Too over at Business Week that has a familiar topic and theme for those who read this blog or other content , articles, reports, books , white papers, videos, podcasts or in-person speaking and keynote sessions that I have done.. I posted ...
  1 week ago

• Legislation seeks to deal with growing piles of e-waste

  
  Ars Technica — Authority: 758
  Despite the rise of planned obsolescence, manufacturers have continued to push products onto the market with little thought as to what happens to them when they are no longer useful to their owners. A new bill thats currently active in the Senate would help the United States develop new methods to deal with the ...
  1 week ago

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