electronic waste

Recently, the world computer population surpassed 1 billion. It’s a legion of artificial intelligence that will never die, at least not while humans are around to see it.

With blue, grey and an upcoming green bin in the works, Kingston is still lagging behind other communities. Regarding E-Waste, the city has done little by means of colleciton, and their plans are less than stellar for the near future. Get with the times Kingston!

Basel Action Network, a part of the non-profit Earth Economics, criticized 1-800-Got-Junk for failing to guanratee that its free electronic waste recycling program would not send toxic materials to developing countries.

Marks & Spencer, the UK's leading high street retailer,  has signed a £19m IT managed services contract to give its head office staff better access to core technology, tools and processes, as well as ensuring that end-of-life hardware is disposed of in accordance with the terms of Europe’s WEEE environment directive.

We are buying more electronic products, whether we need them or not. Nowadays, we are caught in a cycle where we try to keep up with the latest electronic gadgets. As companies come up with new products with more functions or upgrades, we change our electronic gadgets faster than before.

Whatever the motivation, Kindle steps recycled paper books and paperless paper up a futuristic notch by re-igniting the e-book market and paving the way for book publishers to go green. Maybe.

The must have gifts of the season could be putting a strain on the environment and even taxpayers.

Read THINK BEFORE YOU SHFUFLE on the 'News to Use' section of the site. It talks about the hazards of electronics and more importantly electronic waste.

These days most people know to recycle the basics: cans, bottles, plastics and paper. But what about cell phones, televisions and old computers? Electronics are the fastest growing type of waste in the world. In America alone, we're discarding more than 250 million computers and 100 million cell phones each year. So what's the solution?

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