recycling

Report Warns Of Landfill Risk, When Microsoft Ends Windows 10 Support

Canalys report warns Microsoft's ending of Windows 10 support, may result in 240 million operational PCs sent to landfills

11 months ago

Engineers Create Greener Alternative To Lithium-ion Battery

Australian boffins develop 'proton battery' that allegedly removes the environmental challenges posed by toxic lithium-ion batteries

1 year ago

Silicon UK In Focus Podcast: The Circular Economy

Learn how your business can adopt a circular economy approach to sustainability. Discover why sustainability must be at the core…

2 years ago

Silicon In Focus Podcast: How Green is Your Tech Budget?

Learn why Managed Service Providers (MSPs) now need to demonstrate sustainability credentials to win some contracts. Discover why organisations are…

2 years ago

US Copyright Office Adds Support For Right To Repair

With the right to repair movement supported by the Biden administration, US Copyright Office expands legal shield to fix tech…

3 years ago

US Plans Boost For Electric Vehicle Battery Recycling

US administration reportedly planning to invest in more recycling to recover minerals and reduce demand for new copper, lithium, cobalt…

3 years ago

Apple Sues Recycling Firm For Selling Dismantled Devices

Apple takes former business partner to court in Canada for allegedly selling devices that should have been recycled or scrapped

4 years ago

Sonos Criticised For Bricking Old Speakers

Recycle mode for a discount actually bricks expensive Sonos speakers, earning ire from owners over added ewaste being thrown away

5 years ago

Apple To Use Recycled Rare Earth Elements In iPhones

Good for the planet and good for the trade war. Apple agrees deal to reuse recycled rare earth elements

5 years ago

Google Makes Recycled Materials Pledge For Hardware Products

Google goes green. Recycled materials to be in all of its 'Made By Google' products by 2022

5 years ago

Apple Opens Up About Recycling iPhones Via Robot

Apple shows off robot called Daisy that can disassemble 200 iPhones per hour in both the US and Holland

6 years ago

Samsung To Recover 157 Tonnes Of Rare Metals From Galaxy Note 7

Metals including gold, cobalt and silver are to be recovered and components such as cameras and OLED screens reused from…

7 years ago

Apple Targets 100 Percent Recycled iPhones In Environmental Push

Apple pledges sustainable future but won't shift on "right to repair" issue

8 years ago

Samsung Plans To Sell ‘Refurbished’ Galaxy Note 7 Smartphones

Samsung looks into possibility of relaunching Galaxy Note 7 after exploding battery scandal forced mass recall

8 years ago

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Medals To Be Made From Recycled Mobile Phones

Eight tonnes of metal is needed to produce the 5,000 medals required for the Games

8 years ago

HP Printer Cartridges ‘Washing Up Across UK, Europe’

The debris is thought to originate from an Atlantic spill more than a year ago

9 years ago

IBM Recycles Old Laptop Batteries For Poor

The ultimate act of recycling? IBM turns old lithium-ion batteries into useful power supply for the poor

10 years ago

Let’s Build A Data Centre From Straw!

Dell is making computer packaging out of wheat straw. Peter Judge wants to see the company go further and build…

11 years ago

Apple Offers Free Recycling For All Its Products

Apple outlines environmental vision, promising free recycling for all iPhones, iPads and Macs, with the prospect of a gift card…

11 years ago

Computer Aid Receives Royal Warrant To Recycle The Queen’s Computers

Organisation is the first UK charity to receive a Royal Warrant

11 years ago

Giant Kenyan e-Waste Scheme Hopes To Clean Up Toxic Tech

A new e-waste business, backed by Dell, could cut toxic hazards for Kenyans

11 years ago

95 Percent Of Business Computers End Up In Landfill

Most firms break the rules,smash their e-trash and dump it with the bins

11 years ago

Greenpeace Accuses EPEAT Of “Caving In” To Apple

EPEAT Says new MacBook Pro cannot be considered “green”

12 years ago

Smart Dutch Rubbish Bins Tell Council When They Are Full

The clever M2M-enabled devices save time, money and improve carbon footprint

12 years ago

Updated WEEE Directive Sets Ambitious Recycling Targets

The EU wants to collect around ten million tons of European e-waste by 2020

12 years ago

Apple Will Flunk EPEAT Tests, Predicts Recycling Group

Apple's green label will get peeled off, predicts recycler

12 years ago

Apple’s EPEAT Gaffe Shows Contempt For Users

Apple threw away its credibility with its environmental labels, says Peter Judge

12 years ago

San Francisco Bans Apple As Macs Lose Green Sticker

Apple loses greed cred - and government money

12 years ago

Apple Abandons EPEAT Environmental Labels

Future products won't be designed to meet environmental guidelines

12 years ago

ITU Demands Re-Usable IT Kit

Recycling and reusing IT equipment will help save the environment, says the ITU

12 years ago