recycling

When your gear’s age or condition makes giving it away impossible, it’s time to send it to the recycling bin. There’s plenty of room for improvement, but recycling has become much easier than it used to be as companies recognize the problem of e-waste.

Forget WikiLeaks, tossing hard drives into publicly accessible dumpsters, selling old computers with no disk wipe is a much more efficient way to release secret information.

Wait! Before you recycle those old computers, or otherwise dispose of them, why don't you turn them into savings for your organization.

The United Nations on Tuesday issued a report on the urgent need for developing countries to prepare for the proper disposal of electronic waste. Developing countries like China and India, as well as Africa and parts of Latin America are about to see an enormous spike in the sales of electronic gadgets in the next ten years. But many developing countries lack the facilities to deal with electronic waste, meaning there is a potential of "hazardous e-waste mountains with serious consequences for the environment and public health," according to the UN.

Dell and Hewlett-Packard (HP) were criticized by Greenpeace for not implementing their product recycling services properly in India.

The first electronic-waste recycling day for U.S. Congress staffers focuses on e-waste education.

There are a lot of places online that can make it easier to sell, recycle or give away old monitors, computers and phones.

Many of the changes needed to "green" our IT departments aren't new. Nearly all of the required changes are those we would make by following the quality-control concept of "lean" systems. Lean seeks to eliminate work within a process that doesn't add value. Green looks for waste in a process that impacts the environment. Often, they require the same changes.

Earth Day is coming soon, and Staples has a promotional deal that's bound to appeal to our green side-in more ways than one.

Sharp, Toshiba and Panasonic have launched a joint nationwide recycling program that allows US consumers to return end-of-life gadgets at no-cost for recycling.

Two environmental groups plan to launch an e-waste recycling certification program.