How your enterprise can help reduce e-waste
Apple is quadrupling the extent of its iPhone recycling scheme, but what can your business do to help?
Apple is quadrupling the extent of its iPhone recycling scheme, but what can your business do to help?
In late March, Samsung Electronics America announced the company has recycled nearly 276k tons of electronics, diverting them from United States landfills.
Technology can be great. It can help us problem solve and even save lives.But today’s technology such as cell phones, T.V’s and computers have a pretty…
Costa Rica will ban all single-use plastics – WTF fun fact…
The US ranks near the top when it comes not only to the amount of e-waste generated overall but also on a per capita basis.
While the government puts unwanted appliances under the hammer, everyone else has to dispose of equipment via licensed recyclers – this needs to change…
Circular economy: create a regenerative system in which the use, waste of resources minimized by re-using, re-manufacturing materials prior to recycling.
Electronic waste is currently growing at an alarming rate and may reach worrisome rates by 2020. These E-waste facts will both shock and interest you!
The European parliament has voted for a sweeping ban on a wide range of single-use plastics in a bid to tackle pollution of oceans and water…
The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) says a stalemate in consensus by an inter-ministerial committee has delayed the implementation of the ban on plastics and their production in the country.
In 2015 humans threw out 141 million metric tons of We might not have the power to stop plastic manufacturing, but we can choose reusable alternatives.
MSC Cruises is the latest cruise line to announce a plan to virtually eliminate single-use plastics on board their cruise ships.Under its Plastics…
Bottle Factory, a small coffeehouse in Mapo-gu, western Seoul, gives a glimpse into what cafes will be like in a plastic-free Seoul. Drinks are served in glass cups and stainless-steel straws are used.
…while electronics recycling isn’t bad — making it a panacea for the e-waste problem we currently have certainly is. Unfortunately, that’s how we tend to frame recycling — and companies are eager to jump on that bandwagon to appear more “green”.
It refers to products, often plastic, that are made to be used only once before disposal.
Consumers make purchasing decisions swiftly.Every time they touch a screen, they absorb cues from brands, peers, or like-minded influencers on a product’s key attributes—cost, performance, taste, d…
Packaging associations respond to ban of single-use plastics from EU market by 2021.
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While this mine of opportunities looks promising, the treatment of e-waste is becoming more and more complex.Volumes of WEEE are increasing, yet the concen…
Is your business taking the necessary steps to dispose of its out-of-date electronics? A company that is strategic in addressing its E-waste and IT Asset Disposition needs will alleviate unnecessary clutter and eliminate security risks, among other benefits.