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Download These 20+ Unique E-Waste Upcycling Ideas

In an age where technology seems to move at the speed of light, electronic devices often become e-waste in only a few years after manufacture.  Download this fact – according to the Environmental...

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20 Staggering E-Waste Facts

It feels as if electronics were made to be thrown out every year, right? From mobile phones that just happen to die right when your contract is over, to televisions that become obsolete as soon as a...

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E-Waste Exposé: What Happens To Electronics After Use?

I was elated a few years ago when I discovered that my town had an electronics recycling drop off point. I was filled with smug satisfaction as I dropped off an ancient computer and a VCR I hadn’t used...

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Best E-Waste Recycling Solutions? Where To Look

If you are like many Americans, you probably aren’t quite sure what to do with that junk drawer full of old electronic goods (e-waste) that you don’t use anymore.  This is a common problem. Out of the...

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Retriev Technologies Gives Old Batteries New Life

From smartphones and laptops to TV remotes and game controllers, batteries power just about every aspect of our busy, jam-packed lives. We rely on them to keep our smoke detectors functioning, our...

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Recycling Batteries Is Easy With The Big Green Box

When it comes to recycling, Americans are much more likely to take the green route with household items like aluminum cans and plastic bottles than they are with electronics. In fact, only 31 percent...

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Do I Need to Erase My Cellphone Before Recycling?

Flickr – Earth911 Consider how ubiquitous cellphones are today — can you go into public for even a few moments without seeing a dozen of them? — and it becomes clear that recycling phones is...

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Is A Recyclability Label On The Horizon?

How great would it be if when browsing for items at the store, you could look into the future — seeing just how much of that product might be recycled when at the end of its current life? Most...

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Solutions To Computer Recycling Roadblocks

Recycling computers is a win-win situation — you get rid of something you’re no longer using, freeing up closet or drawer space, and someone else gets a refurbished computer at an affordable price, or...

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Repair Revolution: One Man’s Fixation With E-Waste

When Kyle Wiens was a computer science undergraduate student at California Polytechnic State University, he needed to fix his Apple laptop, so he looked online for a repair manual. To his chagrin, he...

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Download These 20+ Unique E-Waste Upcycling Ideas

In an age where technology seems to move at the speed of light, electronic devices often become e-waste in only a few years after manufacture.  Download this fact – according to the Environmental...

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20 Staggering E-Waste Facts

It feels as if electronics were made to be thrown out every year, right? From mobile phones that just happen to die right when your contract is over, to televisions that become obsolete as soon as a...

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E-Waste Exposé: What Happens To Electronics After Use?

I was elated a few years ago when I discovered that my town had an electronics recycling drop off point. I was filled with smug satisfaction as I dropped off an ancient computer and a VCR I hadn’t used...

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Best E-Waste Recycling Solutions? Where To Look

If you are like many Americans, you probably aren’t quite sure what to do with that junk drawer full of old electronic goods (e-waste) that you don’t use anymore.  This is a common problem. Out of the...

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Retriev Technologies Gives Old Batteries New Life

From smartphones and laptops to TV remotes and game controllers, batteries power just about every aspect of our busy, jam-packed lives. We rely on them to keep our smoke detectors functioning, our...

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Recycle Your Cell Phone Already

Cell phone recycling positively impacts the environment. According to About News & Issues, cell phones contain precious metals that should be conserved. Since these materials can be reused, it...

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Is A Recyclability Label On The Horizon?

How great would it be if when browsing for items at the store, you could look into the future — seeing just how much of that product might be recycled when at the end of its current life? Most...

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Solutions to Computer Recycling Roadblocks

Recycling computers is a win-win situation — you get rid of something you’re no longer using, freeing up closet or drawer space, and someone else gets a refurbished computer at an affordable price, or...

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Repair Revolution: One Man’s Fixation With E-Waste

When Kyle Wiens was a computer science undergraduate student at California Polytechnic State University, he needed to fix his Apple laptop, so he looked online for a repair manual. To his chagrin, he...

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Download These 20+ Unique E-Waste Upcycling Ideas

In an age where technology seems to move at the speed of light, electronic devices often become e-waste in only a few years after manufacture.  Download this fact – according to the Environmental...

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