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Study: Mobile phones not being recycled
News Mainly because consumers don't know their devices can be recycled, finds new survey, which indicates just 3 percent worldwide recycle their mobile phones.
Tags: Green IT, Development/design, Mobile, India, Cell Phone, Recycling, phone, Germany, chemicals, China
Chinese will pay most for green PCs
News Living in the dumping ground for electronic waste has given Chinese consumers an insight into why environmentally clean technology is worth paying more for.
Tags: Components, Personal Computers, Regulations
Apple flunks green tech test
News Greenpeace claims Apple withholds its full list of regulated substances, among others. Apple says it disagrees with the group's rating and criteria.
Tags: Business ethics
Greenpeace: IT companies weak on climate change
News Environmental watchdog Greenpeace takes big IT companies to task for talking about 'green IT' but not developing enough energy-saving products or lobbying around climate change.
Tags: Green IT, IBM Corp., Hardware, consumer electronics company, information technology company, CEO, industry, Greenpeace, Green IT, electronics company
Sony Ericsson plans to make all phones green
News Under GreenHeart program, company commits to reducing CO2 emissions by 20 percent on internal operations and by 15 percent over the life cycle of all products.
Tags: Green IT, Cellular phones, Smart phones, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, Electronics, phone, CeBit, 3G, North America, carbon dioxide
Greenpeace: IT firms not tackling climate change
News In its quarterly report on green IT, Greenpeace has criticized Dell, Microsoft, Apple and others for failing to cut emissions
Tags: Green IT, E-waste, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Electronics, Apple MacBook, sustainability team, Nokia Corp., information technology, Dell Computer Corp.
Sony phones beat rivals on green scale
News The latest Greenpeace evaluations are in.
Tags: Development/design, Green IT, Cellular phones, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, Carbon Footprint, phone, performance, chemicals, Adobe PDF, blog
Greenpeace raps tech clean-up efforts
News Consumer electronics companies get dismal "green" ratings by Greenpeace, but largely because the watchdog group has upped the ante.
Tags: Green IT, Business Strategies & Functions, India, chemicals, monitor, brand, Greenpeace, Steve Jobs, Sony Corp., Green IT
How green is Apple now?
News Apple says its new notebooks are among the greenest in the industry. Environmental experts are pleased, but still have questions about how recyclable they are and how much their production and use impact greenhouse gas emissions.
Tags: Green IT, Notebooks and tablets, Apple Inc., Recycling, job, chemicals, marketing, U.S., monitor, Web
Samsung eyes businesses with new offerings
News Company launches new range of printing devices and applications customizable for small and midsize businesses and large enterprises.
Tags: Peripherals, Workplace, Application, Security, printer, software, flat panel, printing, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., USB port
US govt prepares to spend on clean energy
News As stimulus package moves ahead, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu intends to speed up process for loans, which are vital to commercializing new energy technologies.
Tags: Green IT, Government, Battery, Clean Technology, Department Of Energy, Los Angeles Times, U.S. Senate, Business Consulting, U.S., California
Steve Jobs on the greening of Apple
News In one of his first post-leave interviews, Apple CEO Jobs says the impact of products, not the emissions of factories, is what counts, and that it's time to focus on a company's results, not its lofty goals.
Tags: Green IT, Apple Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Supplier, Carbon Footprint, energy efficiency, hiring, Dell Computer Corp., PC, Steve Jobs
HP investigates Greenpeace toxic claims
News Never mind about exploding batteries, it's the toxic chemicals used to make notebooks that are the real danger, warns the environmental group.
Tags: Hardware
Greenpeace highlights Apple, Lenovo rise
News Latest Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics shows companies improving all round in green awareness and action.
Green IT in a developing country
Blogs On the day a UN-sponsored summit on global warming opened in the island of Bali in Indonesia, a much smaller gathering o...
