Tech/eWaste Recycling | Green Living Ideas

Eco-Friendly Printing Options for Your Home Office

Posted on Jun 09, 2009 by Reenita Malhotra.

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If you spend a good amount of time in your home office, then you might want to consider how best you can green your work environment. Paper is one of the biggest sources of waste in every home office. While digitizing your work is really the better option for trees, there is no getting around the fact that certain documents absolutely need to be printed.
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GTR: Tech ReUse Panel Discussion with Rob Zopf and Ross Brouse

Posted on Jul 28, 2008 by Sean Daily.

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GreenTalk Radio Host Sean Daily holds a panel discussion about reducing eWaste through equipment donations and the challenges this poses to businesses with Rob Zopf, Vice President of the National Cristina Foundation, and Ross Brouse, CEO of Solar VPS.

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Tech Recycling Trends toward eWaste Reuse

Posted on Dec 18, 2007 by GLI Editors.

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Whether or not you consider yourself a tech-savvy individual, you have probably noticed the latest trends of corporate environmental awareness. It seems like every day another large enterprise company makes a public announcement about their "new green initiative."

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Recycling Printer Cartridges

Posted on Oct 22, 2007 by GLI Editors.

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You have purchased an ENERGY STAR computer and monitor, you buy only recycled printer paper, and your power save option is turned on. What other steps can you take towards green computing? How about recycling your old printer cartridges as an additional green measure? Used printer cartridges are such a commodity that companies are even willing to pay for their return.

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Recycling Electronics

Posted on Oct 22, 2007 by GLI Editors.

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The thought of our homes and workspace being littered with harmful, toxic waste is appalling. What we don’t realize is that just about everyone lives among some of the most environmentally hazardous material there is—our computers and electronics. Some of the materials that make up components in our household electronics are lead, cadmium, mercury, chromium, and PVC. While components containing these materials sit on our desks or in our living rooms, they are relatively harmless. However, once they have outlived their usefulness and we decide to throw them out, they transition from useful technology to ecological tragedy.

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