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Articles tagged with: Recycling
Teleco Industry to Make $1 Trillion Promoting Environmental Improvements
..cal power, machine-to-machine communications to improve operational efficiencies; the recycling of electronic devices; and regulatory compliance and audits. To impact the environment positively in each of the domains, specific improvements more
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CommScope Expands Recycling Programme for Andrew Cable Customers
CommScope has announced that it is expanding its cable reel recycling programme to customers of Andrew Wireless Solutions, in an effort to reduce the waste of reels on which Andrew's HELIAX cables are shipped. CommScope launched its own ReelSmart recycling programme in 1988 for its broadband and wireless cable reels, and today recycles more than 66,000 reels per year, saving approximately 20,000 trees annually. more
Take-Back Programmes are Not Enough to Combat Electronic Waste
..ctive, which was developed to bring commonality to EU member countries on e-waste and recycling, compels the producer to meet the cost of dismantling, recovering, reusing and recycling the WEEE in an environmentally sound way. Gartner estimat more
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Fewer Than One in 10 U.S. Consumers Recycled Their Old Mobile Handsets in Q4
..s that even after the rate nearly doubled, only 9.4 percent of those consumers took the recycling option in the fourth quarter, according to data from iSuppli's ConsumerTrak service. "iSuppli's fourth-quarter survey indicated that while U.S more
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Converting Heat from Mobile Phones Back into Electricity
..uld be for recycling waste heat from computer chips into electricity. "You gain twice," says Heath. "Number one, you're getting rid of heat, which is bad in a laptop, and number two, you're gaining efficiency." He thinks tha more
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US Government Agency to Promote Mobile Phone Recycling
..gency (EPA) has teamed up with the telecoms industry to more aggressively promote mobile phone recycling. As part of EPA's Plug-In to eCycling program, partners supporting the cell phone recycling campaign include AT&T Wireless, Best Buy, L more
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UK to Scrap 2 Million Mobile Phones Over Christmas Period
..worst offenders - 36% of this age group admit to not knowing where their nearest recycling plant is situated. Tesco Mobile has set up a recycling service and will offer rewards of up to £70 of Tesco Mobile airtime or Tesco gift vouchers. P more
Recycled and Refurbished Handset Sales to Generate $3.5 Billion in 2007
..bsidies on new handsets." Due to the efforts of mobile operators, retailers, recycling companies, handset vendors, charities and various take-back schemes, more users have started to return their old, no longer used handsets for recycling. more
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Movistar: 2.1mn batteries recycled since 1999
..gentine mobile operator Movistar has recycled approximately 2.1mn batteries since the launch of its recycling program in 1999, the company said in a statement. In January 2007, Movistar signed an agreement with local company Silkers to recycle hands more
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Copper Thefts Trigger Widespread Crackdown
.. local programs for the scrap recycling institute, said the trade group has been working with states to craft legislation to discourage scrap-metal theft without imposing onerous rules on dealers. The group also recommends a set of best practices to more