Here’s a message from customers that nearly every company is taking to heart. “Keep my data off your e-waste!” During my years of covering enterprise IT, regulatory compliance (think HIPAA, Sarbanes Oxley and PCI DSS) and its effect on…
Alien Queen from Recycled Steel
There’s not much purpose to RoboSteel’s 8-foot sculpture inspired by the iconic Alien Queen from the Alien film franchise except to look cool. Oh, and it was made with 1,200 pounds of recycled steel which was cleverly and artfully…
ecoATM: Automated Cell Phone Recycling
Whoo-hoo! The lower-case “eco,” capitalized everything else trend is finally taking off!This ecoATM takes your old cell and gives you store credit for your troubles. Simple! The first ecoATM went to a furniture store in Omaha and things appear to…
Only 18 Percent of E-waste is Recycled
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…
Greener Windows 7 Packaging
While reading up on Windows 7 RTM rumors (update: not yet, but close), I came across this Windows 7 Team Blog post from a couple of weeks ago. Those of you picking up a copy will notice that Microsoft…
iRobot: Landfill is Roomba's Final Resting Place
Shock and dismay. iRobot, the company behind the geek- and cat-friendly Roomba family of robotic vacuum cleaners is dispensing some terribly outmoded waste disposal advice. After receiving a non-functioning refurbished Roomba Scooba, iRobot quickly mobilized to send Graham Hill of…
Surprising E-waste Stat of the Day
As a nation, we love our TVs. So much so that we’re keeping nearly 100 million of old, likely CRT-based relics collecting dust. The New York Times reports: The Environmental Protection Agency estimates 99.1 million televisions sit unused in closets…
Will Emerging Countries Drown in Green IT's Toxic Wake?
You’ve probably seen pictures or footage of people in emerging countries, many of them very young, mired in toxic compounds as they scavenge for useful materials from mountains of e-waste that’s shipped from the U.S. and other wealthy nations. To…
Computer Recycling Online Resources: Dell, HP & IBM
Computer manufacturers are starting to make it easy to recycle your retired computers and peripherals. It will take a little extra work on your part, but it’s worth it wouldn’t you say? So stop piling your old equipment in a…
Dell Recycling Program Spreads
Now 18 states are covered! Heather Clancy of GreenTech Pastures reports: 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. Visit…
