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Mobile World Congress 2008 Diary - Tuesday
Comment He ends with another statistic: three million waste phones collected for recycling by China Mobile last year - before welcoming us "to the 2008 Beijing Olympics". Long tails. I arrive at the Fira early to struggle through the be-suited throng and... [13 Feb 2008]
How to give tech to those on less than $1 a day
Comment When we look at the difficulties in disposing of computer equipment that the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) regulations have introduced, using one of Microsoft's partners who are part of the recycling scheme suddenly makes both... [07 Feb 2008]
Dear silicon.com... in defence of Leopard, trash talk, iWant iPhone, lost data...
Comment Despite plastics being labelled with recycling codes for years now, there are very limited facilities for recycling. First they pretend that alternate bin collections are supposed to promote recycling, but even though people saw through it, they... [08 Nov 2007]
Dear silicon.com... MS vs open source, wi-fi risks, being green...
Comment Of course buying IT equipment that is designed to work longer is superior to recycling equipment that becomes obsolete quickly. Is recycling rubbish? Tech recycling rubbished as "stupid" But all equipment eventually goes beyond repair or upgrade... [18 Oct 2007]
Minority Report: A greener Apple
Comment An open letter from Jobs entitled 'A Greener Apple' set out the company's green agenda on manufacturing and recycling. While other companies make commitments - though do not necessarily act on them - on greener manufacturing and recycling, Apple... [23 Aug 2007]
The greening of IT: Why less is more
Comment Last year Greenpeace rated the major PC manufacturers on how well they dealt with harmful chemicals integral to the production of their laptops - including lead, chromium, cadmium, mercury, bromine, polybrominated flame retardants and PVCs - and... [13 Aug 2007]
How tech can make us greener
Comment This can mean simply putting recycling bins around the office, reducing printed paper consumption, switching to compact fluorescent bulbs or switching off computer monitors at night. In consumer usage even recycling 20 per cent of glass bottles... [24 May 2007]
From CIO to consultant: First impressions count
Comment However, what's on the card is as important as any fancy design so first let's take a look at how to make sure when you give a client your card, it doesn't end up in the nearest recycling bin. Even if you're a one-man shop with a tight budget you... [16 May 2007]
Freecycle Diaries: Anyone for tennis?
Comment Is there anywhere safe you can leave it outside such as a recycling box and I can pick it up tomorrow during the day," she asks. In the latest episode of the Freecycle Diaries, Natasha Lomas finds it easy to unload a last will and testament pack... [30 Apr 2007]
Freecycle Diaries: Am I falling out of love?
Comment Yet I'm reluctant to cart them off to the recycling bank since they are good quality colour print-outs and could be useful to someone interested in design. Does goodwill have a shelf life? Should helpfulness have limits? [23 Apr 2007]
Freecycle Diaries: Want my tatty sofa?
Comment Aside from encouraging people to give away things they don't need, the network's main aim is to reduce waste by recycling - in the 'reusing' sense of the word. Welcome to the Freecycle Diaries, in which Natasha Lomas puts the web giveaway service... [10 Apr 2007]
Leader: Wise up to PC recycling
Leader Last week one of the silicon.com team was in Kenya to find out first-hand how PCs donated in the UK get into classrooms in the developing world - and to understand the impact they can have there. The desire to be educated in Kenya, as with many... [12 Feb 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Recycling is rubbish
Comment Over the past year I have challenged several members of the recycling mafia. They vigorously defend the economics and right-mindedness of recycling but when confronted with the real facts, they always collapse back to the landfill argument: we can... [23 Jan 2007]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Why is customer service so hard?
Comment As a citizen, I have many ways of interacting with the public sector: as a user of libraries or recycling services, as a parent, as a patient, as a victim of crime, and so on. Communication with customers is so basic - why have efforts to automate... [17 Nov 2006]
Leader: Is new kit a waste of money?
Leader On the other hand, the other great 'green IT' concern besides energy consumption is hardware recycling - so the more kit you throw away, the more pollution you create. With hardware vendors continually hounding IT chiefs, it's no wonder they cave... [16 Nov 2006]
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