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- E-waste
- Discarded electronics. Every year, there is an enormous number of computer and electronic devices that become obsolete and are thrown in the trash. Lead, cadmium, mercury and other...
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- E-waste regs are way too lax, GAO says
- Greenpeace A new Government Accountability Office report slams the EPA for its "low priority" on e-waste. EPA regs only cover old cathode-ray tube TVs and monitors, John Stephenson, environmental director for GAO told a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee, News.com reports. Not only are the EPA...
- Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, E-waste, General Accounting Office, CRT, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Components, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-09-18
- Followup with Greenpeace - "recycling" your computers
- Yesterday I posted an article on the environmental and human rights disaster that computer "recycling" is creating in countries like Ghana and Nigeria. Today, I contacted Greenpeace's Casey Harrell from their Toxics Division to follow up and determine if we can do anything within Ed Tech to dispose of...
- Tags: Greenpeace, Recycling, Product, E-waste, Computer, Individual Producer Responsibility, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-08-12
- Do you know where your computers are being recycled?
- I have almost 200 really old iMacs that are supposed to be recycled by Apple before school opens in September. I have an abandoned school building closed last year due to budget cuts with another 100 or so badly battered PCs that are in really sad shape, too. ...
- Tags: boy, e-waste, nigeria, computer, productivity, christopher dawson
- Blog posts 2008-08-10
- Pepsi Bottling makes big green tech recycling commitment
- Mammoth beverage manufacturer Pepsi Bottling is turning to Redemtech to develop a strategy in the United States and Canada for handling its e-waste, either through recycling or reuse. Under the deal, Redemtech has been tasked with the following: - Dispose of electronic assets. For perspective,...
- Tags: Green Technology, PepsiCo, E-waste, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Developing countries hard-pressed to deal with our high-tech trash
- According to the California Department of Toxic Substances Control, 20 million pounds of e-waste was shipped to foreign ports last year from California, reports Sign on San Diego. And since the recycling industry is self-reporting, the amount of e-waste could be much higher."We have no clue how much of this...
- Tags: International
- Blog posts 2007-06-19
- Local govts struggle to stem tide of e-waste
- As mountains of electronic waste are filling up the nations landfills and creating environmental and health hazards, local government agencies are trying to keep up with the growing problem, reports the Washington Post. From televisions to cellphones, household "e-waste" is ending up in landfills, but a variety of local...
- Tags: State &, Local Govt, Government technology
- Blog posts 2007-04-23
- Coming Full Circle: Why Disposition Is as Important as Acquisition
- From an environmental perspective, the challenges of e-waste are both complex and potentially costly to business. Electrical and electronic components are not biodegradable and are often toxic; as a result, their disposal cannot be taken lightly. PCs and monitors are particularly difficult to dispose of because they contain a number...
- Tags: Acquisition, Hewlett-Packard Co., E-waste
- White papers 2007-01-01
- E-waste: a multi-pronged appoach
- E-waste: a multi-pronged appoachE-Wastein Alberta, Canada the Provincial Gov't has instituted a system of Disposal Fees applied to all electronics sold in the Province. For computers, fees range from $5.00 for laptops to $12.00 for monitors. The fees are collected by the Province to finance and encourage recycling and reprocessing...
- Tags: E-waste, Province
- Discussion threads 2006-01-11
- Electronics industry urges federal e-waste action
- Electronics industry urges federal e-waste actionIn Portland, Oregon, we pay to recycleEvery home in Portland, Oregon, must pay for recyclage and recycling monopolies have contracts with the authorities. So we pay. However, the recyclers only take what they can resell. If they took electronics, including computers, they would make some...
- Tags: E-waste, electronics
- Discussion threads 2005-09-08
- Lawmakers tackle national e-waste problem
- Lawmakers tackle national e-waste problemCalifornia Already Charges For It - But Doesn't Do AnythingI bought a new monitor three weeks ago. They charged me an additional $8.32 fee that California now charges to help with recycling electronic waste.I asked where to take the old monitor for recycling. The...
- Tags: recycling, e-waste problem, monitor, E-waste
- Discussion threads 2005-05-24
- HP sets new e-waste recycling target
- HP sets new e-waste recycling targetOh Goody!More recycled parts for them to sell in their new PC's. It states in their documentation that comes with the new pc that they reserve the right to use refurbished parts. To me that's not new. I now realize that is why the price...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, e-waste recycling, HP-Set, E-waste, new-PC, computer
- Discussion threads 2004-07-08
Additional Resources
- ZipBunch (zip)
- ZipBunch is a compressing utility that helps place multiple files from various disks into one Zip file. It gives you the power to attach and send several files via e-mail at a time in the format of one zip file - a way to send them together. Never waste time...
- Tags: Disk, File, Vwiner, ZipBunch, E-mail, Online Communications
- Software downloads 2008-10-05
- Slimming down the bloated iTunes 8 installer
- Slimming down the bloated iTunes 8 installerPerformance?Let alone the installer size, does anyone else out there have kind of mediocre performance with iTunes in Windows Vista? I've had a number of times where it just seems to come up black, or respond slowly, or syncing just slows my PC to...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Apple iTunes, installer
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- Put your PC on an energy diet!
- Put your PC on an energy diet!The wonders of USB and Firewire...Almost all of my new "toys" are either USB or Firewire; I don't know how much power these things draw when they're not in active use, but the really infrequently used ones can at least be hot-plugged on demand.But...
- Tags: Desktops, Network technology, PC, chip, CPU, USB
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- Schwarzenegger terminates new data breach bill (again)
- Schwarzenegger terminates new data breach bill againInteresting predicamentOn one side the consumer should be notified of data breaches where their data is at risk, but on the other side should the consumer be notified everytime the systems is breached, even in the smallest way, one that has no effect on...
- Tags: SECURITY, data breach, new data breach, Schwarzenegger, corporate data
- Discussion threads 2008-10-02
- 14 ways IT screws up projects
- 14 ways IT screws up projects128k image?The image is 128k in size with 100dpi resolution. Why is that too big even on a dial-up connection? Thanks for your thoughts.# 15 - Play loose and fast with bandwidthAttach needlessly large images to blog posts. Make sure image's size is inversely...
- Tags: Strategy, Upper Management, information technology
- Discussion threads 2008-10-02
- Toshiba: Feel free to trade in more gadgets. Lots more.
- Can't figure out what to do with your old laptop, tablet PC, monitor, projector, camera, camcorder, server, home audio receiver, mobile phone, car audio system, home electronics device, global positioning satellite receiver, MP3 player, personal digital assistant or game system? (Whew.) Toshiba Digital Products says it now will take it...
- Tags: Toshiba Corp., Toshiba Digital Products Division, Branding, Tablets, PDAs, Projectors, Notebooks, Marketing, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Handhelds, Components, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-10-01
- Day 1 with my new Nokia E71
- Day 1 with my new Nokia E71Maybe it's your "bad karma". No problems here with WM.;-)Nokia/Symbian S60 phones are the bestMine: N95. Also have a Nokia Internet Tablet N800.I've written recently about why the N95/N96 is still the best smartphone [url=http://www.dtschmitz.com/dts/2008/09/nokia-n95n96-still-the-best-smartphone-of-all.html]here[/url].And it's no small coincidence that Nokia acquired Symbian and...
- Tags: Handhelds, Telecom & Utilities, Podcast client, Nokia E71, Nokia Corp., RIM BlackBerry, phone, new Nokia E71, e-mail
- Discussion threads 2008-10-01
- Stallman vs. the cloud computing tidal wave
- Stallman vs. the cloud computing tidal waveStallman sounds panicIf FOSS folks believe they can compete with proprietary software, why not build their own FOSS cloud and then take the battle right to the other proprietary cloud platforms?Ever been in a restaurant kitchen ?How old is the food ? Where have...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Cable, OPEN SOURCE, Stallman, cloud computing, tidal wave, TV
- Discussion threads 2008-10-01
- RealDVD officially launches, so do lawsuits; Is it 'StealDVD'?
- Update: RealNetworks announced Tuesday that its RealDVD software, which allows you to rip and burn DVDs easily, officially launched. And the lawsuits weren't far behind. In a statement Techmeme, RealNetworks billed RealDVD as a "watershed" product. The software, which goes for $29.99 on sale, allows you to...
- Tags: Lawsuit, Movie, RealNetworks Inc., RealDVD, RealDVD Software, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-30
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