1
Monday, December 20, 2010
YEAR IN REVIEW: March 2010 Galanis steps in, Mulcahy steps down, and Gonzales gets time. The IT highlights of March 2010
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Recycling electronics as easy as taking out the trash Ontarians have no excuse for tossing old iPods in the trash as a province-wide recycling program doubles its list of devices and drop-off locations. Torontonians get special curbside treatment and free e-waste bags for tired gadgets.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Africa should force manufacturers to tackle e-waste Tech experts say Africa must enact e-waste laws that will compel electronic equipment manufacturers to pay for end-of-life disposal 
Friday, September 04, 2009
Aussie e-waste recycling plant targets CRTs Wrecklamation program - The Planet Green Recycling Centre in Sydney's north-west already has the capacity to process 700,000 computers every year and it's got its eye on TV and computer monitors
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Sims Recycling says shred it. Don’t drill it The Brampton, Ont-based recycler of electronics is secure and green, shredding things to bits and recycling everything but the bulb and battery. Why the approach of drilling hard drives won’t make your confidential data irretrievable
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Aussie computer recycling plant save 20,000 tons of e-waste The country's first automated recycling facility will make shipping electronic scrap overseas safer
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Cellphone company launches African recycling program In an attempt to meet fears that cast-off mobile phones are posing an increasing toxic risk in the developing world, Nokia has launched a recycling initiative in East Africa 
Sunday, January 20, 2008
MacBook Air gets a rave review from Greenpeace After lambasting Apple in the past over its use of toxic chemicals Brominated Fire Retardants (BFRs) and Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC), the non-profit applauds its latest portable PC
Sunday, November 04, 2007
Intel's goes green with new 45nm Penryn plant The chipmaker is taking its first steps to get its latest fab certified under the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building rating system. All it need is 12 months' worth of data
Sunday, August 12, 2007
The IT horizon is looking green As the world struggles with global warming, technology leaders need to focus on reducing energy consumption and the use of hazardous materials. Here's how to get started
Monday, August 06, 2007
The realities of green computing However good the industry's environmental initiatives are, there are still more PCs, monitors, cell phones, TVs and other electronics sold every year that have to be disposed of at some point, no matter what they're made of 
Sunday, September 25, 2005
Dead computer? Make sure it gets a decent burial In old Tarzan movies, you never saw dead elephant carcasses scattered across the African landscape. That’s because every dying pachyderm knew the way to the secret Elephants’ Graveyard.
Thursday, August 18, 2005
Manufacturing a cleaner option Some Canadian IT vendors believe responsible recycling should not be a wasted effort. Taking a strong stance against the exporting of e-waste to Asia is Mississauga, Ont.-based HP Canada Ltd., which has partnered with Noranda Recycling to process the IT hardware maker’s own end-of-life computing products. In addition, HP’s Planet Partners program encourages people to bring obsolete computer products to HP, regardless of the brand, for a fee that covers the cost of recycling.
Monday, April 04, 2005
Privacy? It's spelled r-e-c-y-c-l-i-n-g Richard Purcell, chief executive officer of the Corporate Privacy Group, and a widely respected authority on privacy and security, created the position of Chief Privacy Officer at Microsoft in the late 1990s. He is chairman of the board for TRUSTe, an independent trust authority for privacy on the web, and is deeply involved with the International Association of Privacy Professionals. Purcell recently took part in a panel discussion on privacy issues at the conference on Synergies in an E-Society. Following is a transcript of his opening remarks. 
Sunday, March 07, 2004
UN study: Think upgrade before buying new PC A United Nations University study into the environmental impact of personal computers, due to be published later Monday, has found that around 1.8 tons of raw material are required to manufacture the average desktop PC and monitor and that extending a machine's operational life through re-use holds a much greater potential for energy saving that recycling. 
Sunday, April 14, 2002
JEITA: Deleting data from hard disks won't erase it An organization backed by Japan's largest electronics companies has issued a warning to PC users that data stored on the hard disk of a computer that is being scrapped or thrown away can be read by a malicious third party, even if the disk has been reformatted, and has called on PC makers to offer software and services to protect users.
Thursday, April 11, 2002
Deleting data from hard disks won't erase it A organization backed by Japan's largest electronics companies has issued a warning to PC users that data stored on the hard disk of a computer that is being scrapped or thrown away can be read by a malicious third party, even if the disk has been reformatted, and has called on PC makers to offer software and services to protect users.
1