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Stat of the day: Feds dispose 10K computers… a week

September 27, 2011 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

How much e-waste does the U.S. government generate? According to General Services Administration (GSA) head Martha Johnson, “By some estimates, the federal government goes through 10,000 computers a week.” And that’s not the only staggering statistic in this Washington Post/Bloomberg article that examines the steps the GSA and EPA are taking to combat e-waste and […]

Filed Under: E-Waste & Recycling, Stats & Figures Tagged With: e-waste, EPA, government, recycling, regulation, statistics, stats

U.N. to StEP up e-waste monitoring

May 3, 2011 by Pedro Hernandez 2 Comments

The electronics industry’s dirty little secret is about to get more international attention thanks to a U.N. program to monitor where our discarded gadgets end up. The New York Daily News is reporting that a United Nations program called StEP (Solving the E-Waste Problem) will monitor ports in Asia and West Africa to help pinpoint […]

Filed Under: E-Waste & Recycling Tagged With: e-waste, electronics recycling, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, United Nations

Citi data center earns Energy Star label

September 16, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez 1 Comment

Looks like Energy Star for data centers just might take off. Citi today announced that its 304,275 square-foot Midwest Data Center facility outside of Columbus, Ohio has just earned from the Energy Star certification from the EPA by earning 84 out of a possible 100 points.  How did it earn the blue label? By focusing […]

Filed Under: Data Center Tagged With: Citi, Data Center, Energy Star, EPA, free-cooling, green data center

FTC: We’re watching those LED claims

September 9, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

The New York Times Green Blog reports that the Federal Trade Commission has filed its first suit against a company for LEDs that fall short of their marketing claims. The agency is taking aim at Lights of America for selling bulbs that don’t match the equivalent light output of a 40W bulb. Worse, they last […]

Filed Under: Cleantech & Renewable Energy, Featured Tagged With: Department of Energy, DoE, Energy Star, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, lawsuit, LED lighting, LEDs

Only 18 Percent of E-waste is Recycled

September 15, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

The EPA estimates that out of the 2.25 million tons of electronic waste generated by the U.S. each year, only 18 percent (405,000 tons) of it is collected for recycling. I discovered the statistic in this Treehugger story about e-waste, which…

Filed Under: E-Waste & Recycling, Stats & Figures Tagged With: electronics recycling, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, ewaste, recycling

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