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Three Degrees Of IT’s Environmental Impact

October 8, 2007October 4, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Businesses need to focus less on how IT contributes to their environmental impact and more on how IT can help lessen the environmental impact of business operations and the supply chain or that of enterprise products and services, according to Gartner Inc...

EPEAT Hands Out Green Electronics Champion Awards

October 3, 2007December 14, 2010 by Paul Nastu

The city of San Jose, Kaiser Permanente, California Integrated Waste Management Board and Department of General Services, San Francisco-based McKesson Corporation and the city of Phoenix have received Green Electronics Champion Awards for using the EPEAT green purchasing standard to buy desktop computers, laptops and monitors. The five organizations collectively bought more than...

TechSoup Launches IT Asset Management Program

September 28, 2007October 4, 2009 by Paul Nastu

TechSoup says it has launched a refurbished computer initiative that turns a corporation's unwanted IT equipment into effective corporate Green Philanthropy. The IT asset management program accepts all unwanted IT equipment (working or not), transfers responsibility and liability, meets regulatory ...

Dell Launches New Asset Recovery & Recycling Program For Small Businesses

September 20, 2007October 4, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Dell, which recently called out other computer manufacturers on recycling, has launched an online product recovery and recycling service aimed at business customers with fewer than 10 computers which starts at $25 per item. Dell small business...

HP Expands China Recycling Program

September 4, 2007October 4, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Hewlett-Packard has begun recycling PCs and other products for Chinese consumers and small businesses, expanding a free program that already existed for large companies, PC World reports. HP computers and other products, such as printers, monitors, and scanners, can be dropped off at...,/p>

Sony Launches Free Recycling Program

August 17, 2007December 14, 2010 by Paul Nastu

Sony has launched a recycling program that allows consumers to recycle all Sony-branded products for no fee at 75 Waste Management Recycle America eCycling drop-off centers throughout the U.S...

Connecticut Governor Signs Mandatory Electronics Recycling Law

August 9, 2007October 4, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell has introduced a new state law, Public Act 07-189, that creates a mandatory recycling program for certain major electronic appliances such as computers and televisions, slated to begin in 2009, Government Technology reports. Under the law, manufacturers...

OfficeMax Launches New Recycling Program

July 24, 2007October 4, 2009 by Paul Nastu

OfficeMax has launched a new recycling program through its MaxPerks membership program. The system provides customers with a system to collect and redeem recyclable office items such as used ink and toner cartridges and cell phones with batteries. After enrolling...

One Third Of Companies Use IT Disposal Services

July 20, 2007October 4, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Approximately one third of companies in a IDC survey use a third-party ITAD provider, according to an international IDC survey commissioned by Dell. North American companies are more likely...

Dell Calls Out PC Makers On Recycling, Releases Sustainability Report

July 19, 2007October 4, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Dell says it's ahead of schedule to achieve a multi-year goal of recovering 275 million pounds of computer equipment by 2009. Dell reported the recovery of more than 78 million pounds (nearly 40,000 tons) of unwanted IT equipment from customers in 2006, a 93 percent increase over 2005 and 12.4 percent of the equipment it sold seven years earlier, more

EPEAT Sales Have Led To Big Energy Savings

July 17, 2007October 4, 2009 by Paul Nastu

The Green Electronics Council has released a report (PDF) measuring the environmental benefits from the sales of EPEAT registered Ã¢â‚¬Å“greenÃ¢â‚¬? computers. According to the Environmental Benefits Calculator, the first six months of sales for EPEAT registered green computers when compared with traditional computers produces the following environmental benefits...

HP Hits 1B Pound Recycling Goal Sooner Than Planned

July 13, 2007October 4, 2009 by Paul Nastu

HP has met its goal of recycling 1 billion pounds of electronics six months early, prompting the company to announce a new goal of recycling 2 billion pounds of electronics and print cartridges by the end of 2010. If successful, that would double HP's current annual recovery rate. The company...

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