published April 1, 2011 and has No Comments
Image: George Hotelling As of today, New Yorkers can recycle their electronics—computers, TVs, DVD players, etc.—at no charge. The Electronic Equipment Recycling and Reuse Act , which was signed into law last year but goes into effect today, requires manufacturers to take back electronics—no matter who made it—for recycling whenever customers purchase a new product. ... Read the full ...
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published February 6, 2011 and has No Comments
Image: WEEE Man , London South Bank, by polymer808 This week the European Parliament backed a proposal to re-write the WEEE directive . WEEE stands for Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment, and the directive sets requirements for the end-of-life management in the growing electrical and electron... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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published January 13, 2011 and has No Comments
Last month, Catalan TV3 just aired a new documentary called " comprar, llençar, comprar" , meaning "to buy, to throw away, to buy" in Catalan, right on time for the christmas shopping and the winter sales which started this week. You can now watch the documentary in Spanish on RTVE (Spanish national TV). It tells the secret history of ...
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published December 22, 2010 and has No Comments
NOT a recommended disposal method; Photo by youngthousands via Flickr Creative Commons Christmas day is nearly upon us, which, for many people, means a new collection of electronic gadgets. And that means figuring out what to do with the old devices. There is always the good old fashioned and green give-it-to-a-friend-who-needs-it option. And the return-the-new-stuff-and-donate-the-money-to-charity-since-you-old-stuff-works-perfectly-fine option which is admittedly ...
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published December 10, 2010 and has No Comments
Image via Google ChromeOS video Google has launched the ChromeOS laptop , which is built for working on the web -- you are mainly on the cloud using Google Docs and other programs while working from the laptop. As such, your data is constantly saved in the cloud, rather than on a laptop, so you're not at risk of ...
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published December 2, 2010 and has No Comments
Photo via Tom Raftery The Sacramento Bee has published an article that delves into the problem of e-waste -- the mountains of electronic devices that have to be dealt with as consumers upgrade to ever newer, ever more numerous gadgets. However, more than just a deep look into a frustrating issue, the article uncovers ERI, an electronics recycler that ...
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published October 11, 2010 and has No Comments
Photo via CP e-Waste is a difficult problem when it comes to keeping it out of waste streams. Unlike typical recycling with a blue bin offered in practically every city, e-waste can be much more of a hassle to make sure it ends up in the right place for proper recycling. But a new system in California could prove ...
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published October 8, 2010 and has No Comments
"Greenovation" is a new buzz word for Samsung, which held a luncheon yesterday in San Francisco to show of what the company is doing to lighten its environmental footprint as much as possible. Like every electronics manufacturer, Samsung is diligently focused on showing off its energy efficiency and recycling measures. But unlike many manufacturers, the company seems to be ...
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published October 6, 2010 and has No Comments
Image via Retrevo Retrevo.com is a great marketplace for gadgets, and it's chock full of interesting news about electronics, including our habits regarding our electronics. In a recent study, the company found that on average only 39% of Americans claim to recycle all of their old electronic devices. And that number is somewhat sketchy since many people claim to ...
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published October 1, 2010 and has No Comments
Photo Credit: ©2010Basel Action Network (BAN) This week, U.S. Representatives Gene Green and Mike Thompson introduced a new bill for e-waste legislation: Responsible Electronics Recycling Act of 2010. The bill is geared toward stopping companies from being able to export electronic waste to developing countries -- an action that is causing incredible environmental damage and harm to human health ...
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