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Statement on the new ITC report on exports of electronic waste 13 Mar 2013 | 09:31 pm
While the report doesn't answer many of the relevant questions about e-waste exports, it does contain important acknowledgments supporting the need for federal legislation, like the Responsible Electr...
Locking cell phones is anti-consumer and anti-environment 5 Mar 2013 | 05:35 am
March 5, 2013: Yesterday the White House issued a statement saying it agreed with consumers that we should be able to unlock our cell phones and tablets.
Dell Gets Top Grade on New Repairability Scorecard on Tablet Computers 28 Feb 2013 | 11:23 pm
February 28, 2013: A new repairability scorecard from iFixit, the champions of easy gadget repairs, rates the repairability of the top tablet computers on the market, with a score from zero to ten.
New Study Shows Federal E-Waste Export Bill Could Create Up To 42,000 Jobs 6 Feb 2013 | 01:04 am
Feb 5, 2013: Federal legislation that would restrict exports of electronic waste from the U.S. to developing countries could create as many as 42,000 direct and indirect new jobs with a total payroll ...
Big Electronics: Bully of the eco-label playground 29 Jan 2013 | 09:06 pm
January 29, 2013 - Something really sinister has just happened related to the EPEAT effort to update the computer standards. It happened on the IEEE’s playground, during recess.
New research shows CFLs and LED light bulbs have higher toxicity and resource depletion than incandescent bulbs 16 Jan 2013 | 07:07 am
January 15, 2013: CFLs have from three to 26 times higher resource depletion and toxicity potential than incandescents and LED bulbs have two to three times higher potential.
How companies keep us buying new stuff, and how to recycle the rest 1 Jan 2013 | 04:52 am
PC Magazine, Dec 28, 2012. "The reality is we don't fix electronics anymore, we replace them."
Fake Recycler Convicted of Criminal Charges for E-Waste Exporting 22 Dec 2012 | 05:57 am
Dec 21, 2012. A federal court in Colorado today convicted the executives of Executive Recycling in Colorado of multiple counts of mail and wire fraud, obstruction and environmental crimes related to i...
Recyclers Stockpiling Millions of Pounds of Toxic Glass From CRT TVs and Monitors 16 Nov 2012 | 02:41 am
"...instead of actually sending the toxic leaded CRT glass to proper glass processors, they simply stored this glass on their property or other locations."
Toshiba – Please Resist Those Cease and Desist Letters 13 Nov 2012 | 10:56 pm
Come on, Toshiba. Show us that you actually mean the words in your Environment Vision 2050 statement, and publish your repair manuals on your own website.
