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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". E is for Email Long tails. I arrive at the Fira early to struggle through the be... [13 Feb 2008]
ID fraud: Who's most at risk?
News More than 19 million households throw away sensitive materials, either with the rubbish or the recycling, according to research. Make your voice heard by leaving a Reader Comment below, emailing us at editorial@silicon.com or signing the 10 Downing... [09 Oct 2007]
Make tech greener, CIOs told
News This doesn't just mean reducing the amount of electricity used but also looking at how systems can be designed and built in ways that consume fewer materials and which make recycling easier, she said. [21 Sep 2007]
Minority Report: A greener Apple
Comment The argument has at least focused attention on the issue of safer, greener manufacturing processes and the recycling of e-waste. An open letter from Jobs entitled 'A Greener Apple' set out the company's green agenda on manufacturing and recycling. [23 Aug 2007]
Apple vows to be "greener"
News Still, Greenpeace said this move did not go far enough: "But while customers in the United States will be able to return their Apple products for recycling knowing that their gear won't end up in the e-waste mountains of Asia and India, Apple isn... [03 May 2007]
UN digs into 'e-scrap' mountain
News A United Nations-led initiative aims to shrink the world's massive 'e-scrap' mountain by improving recycling processes and extending the lifespan of high-tech hardware. Manufacturers including Cisco, Dell, Ericsson, HP and Microsoft are working... [07 Mar 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. More about e-government Communication with customers is so basic - why... [17 Nov 2006]
Greenpeace slams toxic tech industry
News According to the report the e-waste recycling sector in many parts of Asia remains largely unregulated and "is also poorly studied with regard to its impacts on the environment and on the health of recycling workers and surrounding communities". [19 Aug 2005]
UK fails to enact e-recycling directive - again
News The implementation of legislation designed to make manufacturers and consumers of electronic equipment more responsible for its disposal has been delayed by a further six months due to the lack of sufficient infrastructure to manage the task. [11 Aug 2005]
WEEE: e-waste failure could see UK in court
News The UK could be dragged before the European Court for its failure to implement laws that would make manufacturers responsible for the recycling of IT waste. The European Commission announced on Monday that it was taking legal action against Estonia... [13 Jul 2005]
Amazon reaches out beyond its border
Comment The company found itself making $8,000 in book sales per week while before using AWS it would have been recycling them. Such applications are based on the company's E-Commerce Services (ECS) platform - itself using XML and Linux - which allows... [09 Mar 2005]
5 years ago… UK e-Envoy promises action on ecommerce
News Nowadays it seems obvious that we should be able to do things such as pay council tax online, email in about details of local recycling services or consult a website for health advice from the NHS. 14.09.99 The UK's newly appointed e-Envoy, Alex... [14 Sep 2004]
Dell and HP in PC recycling offers
News HP recently announced an ambitious e-waste recycling target of one billion pounds by 2008. Consumers can turn in unwanted electronics gadgets for recycling this summer at more than 850 Office Depot stores throughout the US after a deal announced on... [14 Jul 2004]
HP to shift one billion pounds of its waste
News Hewlett-Packard this week set a goal of recycling one billion pounds of electronic products and printing supplies by 2007. Recycling older PCs is a costly proposition for companies. HP already has two end-to-end recycling facilities, at Roseville... [09 Jul 2004]
PC recycling: Here's what we should do...
News Last week we addressed the issue of PC recycling. No, what is needed is an arrangement so that consumers can safely dispose of their old machines as they can do with other appliances like fridges (and yes, I know that there are piles of fridges... [28 Apr 2003]
