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WEEE takes council computers to Africa

News Brent Council in London has hit on a way to comply with the European WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) directive for the responsible disposal of computer hardware, while also helping parts of the world in need of a tech boost.

Tags: weee, africa, computer aid, council

[21 Apr 2008]

Millions of Britain's PCs going to waste

News More than six months on from the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive coming into effect just 26 per cent the 94,600 tonnes of IT WEEE waste is recycled. Millions of serviceable computers in the UK end up in landfill rather...

Tags: fujitsu, weee, waste, facilities

[10 Mar 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...

Tags: education, skills, microsoft, third world

[07 Feb 2008]

Marks & Spencer hands £19m IT deal to Computacenter

News As well as a software management role, Computacenter will take on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) compliant asset disposal for the retailer, guaranteeing no obsolete IT will go into landfill sites.

Tags: marks & spencer, weee, computacenter, managed

[12 Dec 2007]

Why must IT go green?

Comment Many UK and EU regulations and campaigns demand greener businesses: the ethical disposal of equipment under the WEEE directive, transparency on companies' carbon footprint, and ultimately a cap-and-trade system for carbon credits set to be...

Tags: green, management, data centres, efficiency

[03 Dec 2007]

Stories of the month - November 2007

News And Apple CEO Steve Jobs also featured in the A to Z of green IT - which highlights the opportunities and pitfalls of businesses being eco-friendly - alongside the Queen, WEEE and You. This month started with an iPhone bang and ended on a data-loss...

Tags: hmrc, tesco, wi-fi, iphone

[29 Nov 2007]

The A to Z of green IT

News Dumping waste into landfill is a big eco-no-no, particularly for businesses since the WEEE came into play earlier this year. Two such examples are the recently introduced European WEEE directive and the drafted UK Climate Change Bill - which...

Tags: green it, carbon, recycling, weee

[21 Nov 2007]

The greening of IT: Do it yourself

Comment There are costs associated with responsible disposal - namely compliance with the WEEE Directive - and environmental costs of manufacturing and distribution of new devices. Two themes dominate the green IT agenda: how to tackle the insatiable...

Tags: green, printers, virtualisation, energy

[02 Nov 2007]

Tech recycling rubbished as "stupid"

News With the long-awaited Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive coming into play this year to encourage companies to recycle and reuse their old IT equipment - some companies are sending their PCs to developing countries in a bid...

Tags: digital divide, weee, recycling

[15 Oct 2007]

The carbon budget is coming...

News The WEEE Directive aims to encourage companies to recycle and reuse their old IT equipment. Every UK business must carbon budget when the Climate Change Bill comes before parliament over the next year.

Tags: government, carbon budget, green it

[12 Oct 2007]

Mobile industry takes a shine to dinky USB

News The EU's WEEE Directive makes manufacturers responsible for some of the costs associated with recycling their equipment, and a broadly applied standard could remove the need for a new charger to be distributed with every phone or accessory.

Tags: charger, usb, mobile

[21 Sep 2007]

Recycled PCs posing data leak risk

News Awareness of the environmental impact of disposal of electronic equipment has been boosted by the EU's Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive, which came into force in the UK last week.

Tags: hard drive, weee, recycled, data

[09 Jul 2007]

Recycling directive finally bites

News The long-awaited, often delayed Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive finally got teeth in the UK yesterday. Despite WEEE coming into force in January 2007, the Department of Trade and Industry said at the time it would not...

Tags: environment, green, green it, environment agency

[02 Jul 2007]

Vodafone flaunts green credentials

News The latter will help in complying with the European WEEE - waste electrical and electronic equipment - directive which comes into force on 1 July. Vodafone is making significant inroads into becoming a more green and environmentally responsible...

Tags: recycling, energy, green, weee

[29 Jun 2007]

How tech can make us greener

Comment Despite controls on hazardous waste (as dicatated in the RoHS Directive) and controls on the disposal of electronic waste goods (as legislated in the WEEE Directive), this is a growing problem. Though IT is often blamed for not being 'green' enough...

Tags: hardware management, collaboration software, videoconferencing, environment

[24 May 2007]

Leader: Why green is good for your career

Leader Environment awareness is no longer a 'nice to have' - in addition to legislation such as the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive, it is increasingly a measure by which customers are judging the businesses they buy from.

Tags: green

[30 Apr 2007]

CIO Essentials: iTunes, Glastonbury tickets and Bluetooth ads

News We should remember that with any replacement programme comes the other environmental issue of WEEE compliant device disposal. Ever wondered what CIOs are reading on silicon.com? Our latest feature - CIO Essentials - puts you in the picture.

Tags: cio essentials, virgin

[10 Apr 2007]

How recycled PCs bridge the digital divide

News With the long-awaited WEEE Directive rolling into full effect later this year - forcing all businesses to address the ways in which they dispose of electrical equipment - companies are being reminded of the option to recycle PCs in the developing...

Tags: kenya, computer aid

[12 Feb 2007]

Greens slam Vista 'landfill effect'

News Upcoming legislation such as the EU Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive will also impact businesses' approach to IT disposal and recycling. WEEE, which was enacted into UK law in January 2007 following a string of delays...

Tags: microsoft vista, greens, windows vista, vista

[30 Jan 2007]

Tech kit recycling rules explained

News Speaking at the first of a series of nationwide seminars on the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) regulations, in London, Bob Mead, WEEE implementation product manager at the EA, outlined the responsibilities of those who buy...

Tags: recycling, pc recycling, weee directive, weee

[25 Jan 2007]

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