E Waste

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Five Items You Should Always Recycle

Robyn Griggs Lawrence | Posted 12.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Rechargeable Batteries, iPod Recycling, Recycling Tips, Recycling Electronics, E-Waste, Home Office, Radioshack, Green Home Office, Landfill, Call2recycle, MP3 Players, Recyclebank, Kroger, Recycling, Reusable Bags, Laptops, Recycling Computers, Safeway, Home Office Supplies, Recycling Batteries, Electronics Recycling, Home Depot, Recycle, Laptop Recycling, Recycling Cell Phones, Recycling mp3 Players, Plastic Bags, Best Buy, Electronic Waste, Natural Home, Natural Home Magazine, Green News

Recycling is one of the easiest steps you can take toward living green--but some recycling matters more than others.

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Dismantling India's E-Waste: Potential for Green Jobs?

Bharati Chaturvedi | Posted 11.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Dismantling, India, Technology Pollution, Copper, E-Waste, Green Jobs, Dismantling E-Waste, Global Warming, Electronic Waste, Green News

The scale is astounding. One estimate is that at Indians generated at least 383979 metric tons of e-waste in 2007. And by 2011, it will have climbed to over 400,000 tons.

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Ontario's Plan to Combat E-waste

Jean Jerome Baudry | Posted 07.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Ontario Electronic Stewardship, Recycling Electronics, E-Waste, Think Green Alliance, Jean Jerome Baudry, Laurent Ho, Irecycle, Green News

Now that technology such as cell phones fill up landfills of their own, responsible recycling of electronics has pushed its way to the top of the environmental issues list.

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Broken Earbuds Become Eco-Earrings

planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 06.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Reuse, Green Living, E-Waste, Reducing Waste, Giy, Green News

Headphones are some of the toughest things to reuse. To add to that problem, cheap earbud headphones (you know, the kind that came with your iPod) are...

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E-Waste Expected To Plateau By 2015

treehugger.com | Posted 06.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Waste, Pollution, E-Waste, Green News

According to a study by Pike Research called "Electronics Recycling and E-Waste Issues," we can expect to see a leveling out of the amount of e-waste ...

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Turn An Old Laptop Into An Entertainment Center (VIDEO)

LAPTOP Magazine | Posted 06.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Waste, Green Living, E-Cycling, E-Waste, Giy, Electronics, Green News

E-waste is the e-worst. Proper disposal of old computers, TVs, iPods and the rest is really important in preventing nasty toxins from leaching into ...

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In Ghana, One Man's Waste Is Another's Treasure

GlobalPost | Drew Hinshaw | Posted 05.31.2009 | World

Read More: Africa, Ghana, Recycle Electronics, Scrapyards, Electronics, Technology, Precious Metals, E-Waste, Aglogloshie, World News

The VCRs and shattered radios entered the country optimistically labeled as secondhand gear, but they soon found their way to Aglogloshie, the place w...

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A Holiday Is a Terrible Thing to Waste

Alex Pasternack | Posted 01.15.2009 | Home

Read More: Waste, Holidays, Green Living, Consumption, E-Waste, China Pollution, Shopping, Garbage, Home News

When I think of Christmas, I see the stuff under trees: toys and books and computers, DVD players and colorful paper. I don't mean the Christmas tree...

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Toxic Discarded Electronics Illegally Exported To China

CBS | Posted 12.11.2008 | Green

Read More: E-Waste Recycling, Video, E-Waste, 60 Minutes, Green News

The United States produces an enormous amount of e-waste -- the stuff discarded when we replace our old gadgets with newer ones. Computers and other e...

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Scott Pelley, "60 Minutes" Crew Attacked In China While Reporting On E-Waste

Huffington Post | Posted 12.07.2008 | Media

Read More: Scott Pelley, Video, E-Waste, CBS News, 60 Minutes China, China, 60 Minutes, Guiyu, Media News

CBS News' Scott Pelley and his "60 Minutes" crew were attacked in China while working on a story about toxic waste there. Pelley described the Guiyi ...

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Fix Your Own Gadgets: 22 Instructive Videos

Treehugger | Jaymi Heimbuch | Posted 11.28.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Recycling, Gadgets, E-Waste, Environment, Reuse, Diy, Technology, Green News

E-waste is bad. This we've known for awhile now. We toss toxic gadgets left and right, often thinking they'll be recycled and therefore e-waste is pr...

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4 Ways to Green Your Gadgets

Josie Garthwaite | Posted 11.09.2008 | Green

Read More: Cell Phones, Ebay, Energy, Recycling Electronics, Charity, E-Waste, Green Living, Greenpeace, How to Save Money, Nokia, Consumer Electronics, Craigslist, Environment, Freecycle, Technology, Green Tips, Iphone Solar Case, Green News

Here are four ways to keep consumer electronics from harming human health and the environment. Even better, some of them will help you save money at the same time.

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Report: EPA Lets Electronic Waste Flow "Virtually Unrestricted"

Josie Garthwaite | Posted 10.23.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Recycling, Technology, Lead, Congress, Toxic, E-Waste, Computers, Epa, Gao, Government Accountability Office, Green News, Green News

According to the report, other used electronics "flow virtually unrestricted, even to countries where they can be mismanaged."

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Is Our E-Waste Harming Children?

Bill Chameides | Posted 09.25.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Chicago Lead Poisoning, E-Waste, Health, China, Green News

China has been sending us lead-contaminated toys, but lead contamination from U.S. products may be exacting a far heavier toll on children in China.

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Where Does Our E-waste Go?

Bill Chameides | Posted 09.21.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, E-Waste, China, Green News

So you love your new iPhone, but where's the old clunker (i.e., last month's coolest model) it replaced?

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Green Cell Phone Evolution

Josie Garthwaite | Posted 09.21.2008 | Green

Read More: Cell Phones, E-Waste, Ecophone, Mobile Phones, Environment, Samsung, Bioplastics, Green Living, Technology, Green News

Predictions of "revolution" in the mobile tech world come at a dizzying pace these days. Google CEO Eric Schmidt said at the World Economic Forum in D...

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Life Cycle: E-Wasted

Simran Sethi | Posted 08.12.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Recycling, Tech, Ipod, Desktop, Dell, E-Waste, Internet Porn, Computers, Environment, Jane Fonda, Email, Iphone, New, Electronic Waste, Green News

Be aware, it takes even more energy and resources, pound for pound, to produce a Dell than a Dodge. A computer's energy usage has just begun once it leaves the factory, though.

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Electronic E-Waste To Be E-Cycled: How To Greenly Recycle Your Gadgets

Huffington Post | Posted 08.09.2008 | Green

Read More: Recycling, Gadgets, E-Waste, Green Technology, Green, Environment, E-Cycle, Green Living, Technology, Green News

With the constant creation of new technology, e-waste is increasingly clogging our lives and landfills. As the volume of electronic waste surges, e-cy...

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Phones as Fashion: Can You Resist the New Apple iPhone?

Graham Hill | Posted 06.25.2008 | Green

Read More: Iphone, Apple Iphone, Cell Phones, Recycle, E-Waste, Electronics, Epa, Green News

According to The New York Times, Americans threw out nearly three million tons of household electronics in 2006. A few years ago, the EPA predicted that by 2005, cell phones would be discarded at a rate of more than 125 million phones each year, resulting in more than 65,000 tons of waste.

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