computers

PR is close to adopting a law banning e-waste from landfills & requiring take-back & recycling for old electronics (computers, photocopiers, printers, PDAs, cell phones, TVs, etc.).

Eco-hosting offers a way to have your technology cake and not "heat" it too.

Today the environment minister is introducing a new fee on computers and tvs sold in Ontario.  The fee is deigned to help recycle electronics and is the first step in a province wide recycling effort.

Dell’s carbon footprint is less than half of its nearest competitor, but maybe that’s because the company has created an eco-friendly bamboo computer, its 2.1 million square foot

There were a few here I actually didn't know. Useful list

45% less power... this is a huge step forward in the computer industry.  The number of monitors and computer related electronics being used worldwide is massive.  Anything to bring down this energy consumption is great!  Interesting write article.

Now, HP announces that the company's newly redesigned labs will focus sustainability research on three major areas: an industry-leading initiative to reduce the carbon footprint of data centers by 75 percent; efforts to replace copper wiring in servers with laser beams; and tools for measuring and managing the amount of energy used to develop products.

Dell has already pioneered a few green initiatives, such as the Plant a Tree Program and a 100% renewable energy headquarters i

When computers become obsolete it is important that they are recycled in the proper manner. If computers and related accessories are simply thrown in the trash, they will have a negative impact on the world and the environment for years to come.

The UK government's top CIO blasts the industry at an important Green IT event. Good read.

Dell should be releasing a new, more green PC later this year, and it has a very interesting look.

We all need to support teh use of Open Source thin-client solutions in an educational context. Its worth stating, again, what is really the blindingly obvious - thin-client work stations use one twentieth of the power of a typical PC (10-20 watts versus 200-400 watts), require no maintenance or technical per-machine support.

Now that Earth Day has concluded I am more than sure that everyone is ready to take on the challenge and save this world, right? The big question is how? Well today I may have found one of the simplest ways that you can help save the environment and you don’t even need to get out of your computer chair. How is this possible??

If you’re an eco-friendly fan of Dell computer products, then you’ll be happy to know that its 2.1 million square foot headquarters building in Austin, Texas is completely powered by alternative energy.

Desktop PCs waste half of the energy that is sent to it, which means the production of unnecessary greenhouse gas emissions to create the power, and higher electricity bills for something that’s not even being used! Take part in this initiative and we can remove the equivalent of 11 million cars off the road by 2010.