Tag: E-Waste - Page 12
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HP Trading Cash for Old Gadgets
HP is offering more than just credit or a smile for returning old electronics to them. They're offering cash for tech equipment that still has some life in it. It's their HP Consumer Buyback and Planet Partners Recycling Program, and
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e-Recycling Gets a New Year Boost in North West
Starting with the new year, Oregon and Washington are launching e-cycling programs to help keep electronics out of landfills.
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NYC's Tekserve Holding 3rd Annual e-Waste Recycling Event
If you received new gadgets during the holiday and are wondering what to do with your old devices, Tekserve and the Lower East Side Ecology Center are providing a solution. Gather up your old gadgets, your friends, family, and
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The 2008 Eco-Matrix: Who's Hot, Who's Not in the World of Green
Wondering who’s news and who’s so last year? TreeHugger’s 2008 Eco-Matrix is here to inform and entertain. If you’ve been pondering whether Al Gore is in or out, whether ethanol is still a worthy news item, or which green celebs have fallen on hard
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DIY Mittens, Deliciously Cheap Dinner Recipes and Post-Holiday E-Waste Tips
:: Not sure what to do with that really embarrassing reindeer sweater from Aunt Susan? Make mittens!
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New E-Waste Problem: People Want to be Buried with their Cell Phones
How this slips past the EPA, gee, we'll never know.
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Toxic Televisions of the Undead Variety
This would have been so perfect to show around Halloween, but a good e-waste horror flick is effective at any time.
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Indian State of Maharashtra to Begin Addressing E-Waste Problem
TreeHugger has written about the growing problem of e-waste a number of times—most of the time in the context of shipping e-waste from the developed world to places with less stringent laws about how it's disposed of.
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Show You Love Your Computer...By Keeping It
Even among TreeHuggers, computers have a sadly short lifespan.
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7 Greener Options for Give-Away USB Flash Drives
Flash drives are becoming extremely cheap, and can hold ever larger amounts of information. In 2002, I "invested" in a 128MB flash drive for $54 from Costco. Just a few months ago at the same location, I picked up a three-pack of
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Free Laptop for Life - Brilliant or Back-Asswards?
Image via Fujitsu Siemens Fujitsu Siemens has launched a new deal in which customers can buy a Lifebook and a 3-year warranty that states at the end of three years, you get a brand new Lifebook replacement. And the new-Lifebook-every-three-years deal
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Great Dig at Panasonic, Or Sad Mishap?
This ad is great for consumer awareness. But the medium seems a little...odd. Busting Panasonic's chops on a giant Panasonic screen in Times Square could be either a beautifully pulled off dig, or an unfortunate coincidence.
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Ditching Lead: Breakthrough Material Helps Us Minimize Lead in Electronics
A new discovery by researchers at the University or Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering may mean a significant reduction in the use of lead in
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Electronics TakeBack Coalition Grades TV Makers on Recycling
Just yesterday we half-heartedly gave Sony some props about their new Green Glove television recycling program. Well, turns out the company offers some of the best recycling services around.
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Sony's Green Glove is Great...But Catchy
On America Recycles Day (last Saturday for anyone who missed it), Sony Style launched its Green Glove Service, a program that intends to help keep e-waste out of landfills.
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Rotten Lemons Can Mean Gold for e-Waste
Biomass waste has a new use beyond cellulosic ethanol or electricity, thanks to Hidetaka Kawakita, a Japanese university professor who figured out a way to get trash such as paper and rotten fruit to reclaim precious metals from
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EcoShield Your iProducts
Protecting your gadgets is a big part of making them last as long as possible and helping to prevent e-waste. Considering the reputation Apple products have for unfixability, keeping them safe is a priority. One of the greener
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e-Stewards Announces Big News for e-Waste Recyclers
The Basel Action Network, the Electronics TakeBack Coalition, and 32 electronics recyclers in the US and Canada have a big announcement that will help boost the responsible recycling of e-waste.
