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Saturday, December 17, 2005
Rethink Initiative: Reuse, Donate or Recycle Computers and Electronics
Rethink Initiative: Reuse, Donate or Recycle Computers and Electronics: "Faster, more advanced computers, cell phones and electronics offer endless possibilities for enrichment, learning and entertainment. But as consumers and businesses keep pace with the introduction of exciting new products, we are faced with a mounting challenge: what to do with the products we're upgrading from.
It's no small issue. Hundreds of millions of retired computers, cell phones and electronics sit idle or are discarded by Americans every year. We need to make smart choices about what we do with these products to help ensure a clean environment for future generations.
Rethink: A new approach
The Rethink Initiative brings together industry, government and environmental organizations to offer a fresh perspective and new answers to the challenge of e-waste.
On this site you can find information, tools and solutions that make it easy and even profitable to find new users for idle computers and electronics, and responsibly recycle unwanted products."
Stuff Magazine - Hot Stuff
Stuff Magazine - Hot Stuff: "French car, British designer. Sound familiar? Nope, it's not the new Clio, it%u2019s this supermini concept the C-AirPlay unveiled by Citroen this week.Currently strutting its stuff at the Bologna Motor Show in Italy, the tiny tearaway has been designed by Brit, Mark Lloyd. Looking a little like a squashed Beetle (of the car variety) it's even more compact than the diminutive C2 but loses the back seats for luggage space.Watching the road takes on a whole new meaning with side portals in the doors letting you see the tarmac beneath you. It tricks our feeble minds into thinking we%u2019re going faster than we really are so you really can feel the speed.With 110bhp and a super light body it shouldn%u2019t have any trouble pulling away at the lights but just to stay environmentally friendly it includes stop-start technology to kill the engine when you're stuck in traffic."
TaiwanHeadlines - Society - EPA, Yam set up environmentally friendly online shopping site
EPA, Yam set up environmentally friendly online shopping site: "Shoppers who wish to contribute to 'green consumption' now have their own 'e-Bay' to purchase environment-friendly products.
The Environmental Protection Administration has joined with the Consumers Foundation to launch a Web site on the server Yam offering most environmentally sound products available on the market.
EPA chief Chang Kuo-lung (%u5F35%u570B%u9F8D) said at Monday's Web site launching ceremony that the manufacturers of products offered were all intensively screened by the EPA, ensuring that the quality of the products on sale adhered to national standards and the principles of 'recyclable, low contamination, and energy-saving.'
Products on the market verified by the EPA as 'green merchandise' all bear a label of Taiwan wrapped by a green leaf, said Chang. Since the EPA began the concept in 2002 to encourage suppliers to produce 'green' goods, nearly 3,000 products have obtained the green consumption label, with sales revenues totaling NT$70.9 million."
Eco-building: Too easy to be 'green'?
Charlotte Observer | 12/07/2005 | Eco-building: Too easy to be 'green'?: "The 42-story Goldman Sachs tower in Jersey City, N.J., sits just feet away from the Hudson River, a major flyway for migratory birds. To keep white-throated sparrows and gray catbirds from smashing into the skyscraper at night, its architects devised a lighting system on the upper floors that doesn't distract the high-flying birds.
The special lighting isn't the only environmentally friendly feature in the grayish-blue tower, which is known as 30 Hudson Street but dubbed the 'Coke Can' by Goldman employees for its rounded corners and flat top. Shrubs and bushes on the roof help cool the building, saving modestly on air-conditioning costs. And exterior lights face downward so urban stargazers can see more of the heavens. Still, critics question whether the Coke Can -- which didn't install more heavy-duty technology such as special heating and cooling systems -- is really any more energy-efficient than other buildings.
Eco-friendly, or 'green,' buildings are one of the most talked-about trends in the trillion-dollar U.S. construction industry. Boosters say that for a relatively small up-front cost, such buildings can be cheaper to operate. Though more attention is paid to pollution by cars, buildings today account for a third of U.S. energy use, 30 percent of greenhouse gas emissions, and 30 percent of raw material use. Americans spend 90 percent of their time indoors."
Living on Earth: Green Entrepreneurs
Living on Earth: Green Entrepreneurs: "Green entrepreneurs are entering competitions run by business schools across the country, hoping to launch their eco-friendly ventures. Reporter Claire Schoen follows one hopeful in the Haas School at the University of California, Berkeley, as he competes to win the $25,000 prize with his bio-diesel invention."
CTL Corporation Introduces New Environmentally Friendly PC
Just in time for holiday shopping, Computer Technology Link (CTL), an Oregon-based electronics company, has introduced an environmentally friendly PC. The CTL Meridian(TM) SL700 uses less energy, contains a lead-free Intel(R) mainboard, comes in an easy-to-
recycle box and includes a coupon for free end-of-life disposal for the computer.
CTL, which makes PCs, laptops, monitors and servers, as well as flat panel televisions under the Nexus brand in Portland, also offers free recycling of the computer being replaced by the Meridian(TM) SL700.">CTL Corporation Introduces New Environmentally Friendly PC: " Just in time for holiday shopping, Computer Technology Link (CTL), an Oregon-based electronics company, has introduced an environmentally friendly PC. The CTL Meridian(TM) SL700 uses less energy, contains a lead-free Intel(R) mainboard, comes in an easy-to-recycle box and includes a coupon for free end-of-life disposal for the
computer.
CTL, which makes PCs, laptops, monitors and servers, as well as flat panel televisions under the Nexus brand in Portland, also offers free recycling of the computer being replaced by the Meridian(TM) SL700."
