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Articles tagged with: Recycling
Wisconsin governor signs bill to reduce e-waste
Wisconsin Gov. Doyle signs bill to reduce computers, other electronics dumped into landfills more
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Increasingly, states push for e-waste recycling
Frustrated by inaction in Congress, a growing number of states are trying to reduce the rising tide of junked TVs, computers and other electronics that have become one of the nation's fastest-growing waste streams. more
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Sony Ericsson Shows Off Two Eco-Friendly Mobile Phones
.. they do not end up in landfills but are sent to specialised mobile phone recycling centres. This means that both components and materials are used again, reducing the need to extract and refine raw materials for new products. The C901 GreenHe more
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Interest in Mobile Phone Recycling Surges in the UK
Internet usage tracking firm, Hitwise says that UK Internet searches related to the recycling of mobile phones have almost trebled over the last 12 months. UK Internet searches for a portfolio of mobile phone recycling search terms - such as 'recycle mobile phones', 'mobile phone recycling' and 'phone recycling' - increased by 189% between the week ending 17/05/2008 and the week ending 16/05/2009. more
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Nine in 10 Brits do not Care About "Green" Mobile Phones
..an a normal phone. There is also money to be had from recycling old mobile phones, moneysupermarket.com will pay an average of £25 for one phone, and up to £150 depending on the handset, yet one in six (15%) claim to not know how to recycle ol more
Telenor Launches Mobile Phone Recycling Programme
Norway's Telenor has announced that it is introducing a buyback/recycling scheme for mobile phones. According to Telenor's calculations at least four million used mobile phones are lying around collecting dust in Norwegian homes. Presently 82 per cent of Norwegian households have at least one mobile phone extra that they are not using. It is only a dismal 12 per cent of consumers that recycle mobile phones. Since mobile phones are not being returned for recycling, mobile phone manufacturers are forced to extract new materials, in stead of just using the resources already available in used mobile phones. more
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Financial Damage of Grey-Market Handsets Underestimated by African Mobile Operators
..et from overseas recycling schemes or distributors looking to offload unsold stock. Download the report for free at http://www.wdsglobal.com/grey-market/ more
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Two Million Phones Recyled in 2008 by Regenersis
Regenersis, Europe's largest mobile phone recycling and reuse provider, has announced that they processed more than 2 million handsets for reuse and recycling in 2008. more
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Greenpeace Says Electronics Becoming Greener - Slowly
..TVs and monitors. Most companies have established better voluntary take-back and recycling programmes and adapted quickly to the new requirements of Energy Star. However, Greenpeace noted that not everyone was happy to have their products eval more
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..tion by 0.11% and cuts atmospheric pollution by 0.36%. Funds obtained from recycling printer cartridges are being channelled into the Light into Europe and Adept foundations. more
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