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Are you buying the greenest IT? It's all relative

Hewlett-Packard may currently be the biggest high-tech company on earth, but Dell is winning the mindshare battle for now when it comes to green IT, according to a new GreenFactor business survey. The poll of CIOs and Senior IT Managers by Strategic Oxygen and Cohn & Wolfe covered close...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Brand, Information Technology, Green IT, Survey, Recycling Program, Survey Result, Branding, Marketing Research, Marketing, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-03-20

Dell's no-excuse recycling program begins

Dell's no-excuse recycling program beginsOnce again ignorance triumphsYou're going to burn up more fossil fuels doing this stupid recycling program than you would just dumping the stupid stuff into a landfill.But, oh no, we can't have that because there are (gasp!) toxins in electronics components and because we're ignoramuses, we...

Tags: recycling, Dell Computer Corp., recycling program, computer

Discussion threads 2006-09-29

Apple launches iPod recycling program

Apple launches iPod recycling programProgram already exists...it's called Ebay.Pro-profit ... not pro-environmentI'm a longtime Mac and iPod user, but this iPod recycling program probably has less to do with addressing environmental concerns, and more with ensuring ongoing profits. As the story said, folks can bring in their old iPod, and...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, recycling, Apple iPod, Apple Inc., recycling program, iPODS

Discussion threads 2005-06-03

Additional Resources

Search engine lets you earn 'swag' on behalf of reforestation program

I am sure you have heard about or maybe even used some of the Web search engine sites that will donate something somewhere if you use their lesser-known technology instead of uber-search engines like Google, Yahoo or Bing. One example is GoodSearch, which will give money to your specified registered...

Tags: Search Engine, Recycling, Redemption, Swagbucks.com, Games, Personal Technology, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-08-30

Updated: Recycled ink cartridges in your garden?

Updated: Recycled ink cartridges in your garden?Toshiba Close the Loop ProgramAllied Business Solutions in Boise, Idaho USA is a Toshiba dealer that offers the Close the Loop program, helping to promote recycling efforts of inkjet, laserjet, fax, copier and postage meter cartridges. As the industry has changed over the last...

Tags: cartridge

Discussion threads 2009-08-03

Head 'em up. Move 'em out. Keep those clunkers rollin'

Let's spend more money, says Congress. They may not see their way to helping Americans get universal health care, but auto care? Big support in Congress for auto care. The House just approved another $2 billion for the "cash for clunkers" program, that started out with half that,...

Tags: Car, Renewable Energy, U.S. Congress, Telecom & Utilities, Sales Strategy, Sales, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-07-31

Say goodbye, responsibly, to your old iPhone

OK, I'm sort of out of luck on this one because I STILL am using my original iPhone, but if you have a iPhone 3G model and you're interested in upgrading to the new 3G S series that are coming out June 19, you can recycle the old one through...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple iPhone 3G, 3G, Games, Cellular Phones, Corporate Communications, Wireless And Mobility, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-06-18

Pennsylvania school gets high marks for energy-saving plan

Remember how steamy hot it got in your school classroom as the days of summer vacation approached? Now, imagine if the heat in that classroom was still on every day of the year, for no other reason than that it was automatically set that way. That's just...

Tags: District, Team, Cisco Systems Inc., Team Management, Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-06-15

E-waste update: Electronics TakeBack Coalition rates TV manufacturers

Because I know you are just DYING to go out this weekend and make sure that you have a television that is compliant with the digital conversion (if you don't already), just want to remind you to dispose of your old one responsibly. Do not stick it out by the...

Tags: Electronics, E-waste, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-06-12

News to know: $99 iPhone; AMD; Bing; Firefox 3.5; Data Domain

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Jason Perlow: $99 iPhones Will Not Improve the Wireless Customer Experience Jason D. O'Grady: AT&T's $200 early upgrade fee...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mozilla Firefox, Andrew Nusca, Domain, Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Sam Diaz, Verdiem, Piracy, Web Browsers, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Internet

Blog posts 2009-06-10

Dell adds 7 states to Goodwill recycling program

Dell and Goodwill Industries have expanded the scope of their consumer technology recycling program called Reconnect to cover Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma and West Virginia. Plus, Wisconsin residents now have more places to bring their tech castoffs. That means only 32 more states to go! ...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Taxes, Free Trade, Personal Finance, Financial Planning, Finance, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-06-09

Would you go the extra mile to get rid of an old computer responsibly?

Would you go the extra mile to get rid of an old computer responsibly?The dump works good for me....Throw it away and be done, I have heard enough about how the earth is ending and if we do not stop eating meat, driving, using A/C we are all doomed.I can't...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, extra mile, old computer, computer

Discussion threads 2009-05-29

Dell tops new corporate sustainability index

Hewlett-Packard has got to be steamed. Dell has one-upped it on a new Corporate Sustainability Index that is being researched and rated by the Global Business Sustainability Service division of Technology Business Research. Ouch. Dell earned an overall score of 317.9 on the index, compared with the...

Tags: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Dell Computer Corp., Telecom & Utilities, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-05-21

Green Tech: TVs, laptops, desktops, cell phones, and even bicycles

With April just about over, all of the Earth Day talk may be forgotten along with all of the tips you learned for keeping the planet green. But, there are ways to help the environment in your everyday life, which includes your daily use of consumer electronics and tech gadgets....

Tags: Desktop, Phone, Consumer Electronics, Green Technology, Recycling, Cell Phone, Electronics, TV, Photograph, Laptop Computer, Jennifer Bergen

Blog posts 2009-04-30

Where are you on the green tech belief scale?

Here are some stats collected by market research firm IDC at its recent Green IT Forum.The survey base is inherently biased because I'm betting mostly environmentally minded people attend green conferences, but they are worth sharing nonetheless. 68 percent of attendees said "energy efficiency" was the think...

Tags: Green Technology, Green IT, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-04-27

UPDATED: HolidayLEDs celebrates Christmas on Earth Day

Update: Apparently you and I managed to crash the HolidayLEDs.com site this morning. Congratulations! That means no lights have been given away. SO we'll try again at noon Eastern. If you're still interested and haven't been too frustrated by the outage,  go visit HolidayLEDs.com at Noon Eastern time (a half-hour...

Tags: Strand, Light, Light-emitting Diode, Engineering, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-04-22

Toshiba offers some Earth Day incentives to spur online notebook purchases

Earth Day marks the culmination of some incentives that Toshiba American Information Systems if offering to individuals buying a Satellite or Qosmio notebook computer off its ToshibaDirect e-commerce site. There are three promotions that apply April 22, 2009, only: First, if you buy a...

Tags: Incentive, Satellite, Toshiba Corp., Toshiba Qosmio, Earth Day, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-04-22

News to know: IBM-Sun; Microsoft; SaaS; Green tech

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: IBM's Sun deal setting: Talks reportedly near collapse NYT: I.B.M. Withdraws $7 Billion Offer for Sun Microsystems   Mary Jo Foley: New...

Tags: Google Inc., Software-as-a-service, Larry Dignan, Green Technology, Sun Microsystems Inc., Health Care, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Twitter, IBM Corp., Wireless, Palm OS, Wi-Fi, Vertical Industries, Software As A Service (SaaS), Benefits, Healthcare, Wireless And Mobility, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Emerging Technologies, Human Resources

Blog posts 2009-04-06

HP does good by India with expanded tech recycling program

HP does good by India with expanded tech recycling programhigh costs of repair leads to discarding eqpmtIf only HP or other hardware mfrs reasonably price the part replacement and repair costs then you will have less discarding of equipment.They will take your product, recycle/refurbish and resell at a competitive rate...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co.

Discussion threads 2009-04-04

HP does good by India with expanded tech recycling program

Hewlett-Packard has shored up its recycling program in India, moving outside of its corporate focus to accommodate consumers and smaller businesses. Under the program, starting May 15, HP customers can drop various HP-branded technology (including printers, scanners, fax machines, notebook and desktop PCs, monitors, handhelds, cameras and other components) at...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Fax, Scanners, Hardware, Peripherals, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-04-04