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e-recycling stories

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25 years of telco industry's recycling success story
Thu, 20th Apr 2023
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telecommunications
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The success of the telecommunication sector's self-regulating approach is worth studying to see if other sectors can benefit.
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Arnies Recon to help e-recycle during the festive season
Fri, 11th Nov 2022
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electronics
Arnies Recon has saved over 4.5 thousand tonnes of appliances and electronics from landfill in the last three years.
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International E-Waste Day: Recycle your gadgets, save the earth
Thu, 14th Oct 2021
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microsoft teams
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Today is International E-Waste Day, shedding light on the increasing problem of electronic waste and the need for action.
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Australians sitting on $5.6 billion in unwanted tech - Telstra
Thu, 31st Dec 2020
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e-waste
Australians are sitting on an estimated $5.6 billion in unwanted and no longer used technology items, according to new research from Telstra.
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Circular IT management could save the industry - and the planet
Wed, 17th Jun 2020
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recycling
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it management
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e-waste
Circular IT management is possible, and it could save hundreds of millions of old IT products from ending up in landfills and polluting the earth.
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Got an old mobile phone lying around? Recycle it for free
Mon, 14th Oct 2019
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smartphones
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technology gifts
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recycling
If you’ve got an old mobile phone lying around that you know you’ll probably never use again, now’s the time to recycle it for free.
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Sony gets serious about reducing plastic pollution
Fri, 9th Aug 2019
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sony
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recycling
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e-recycling
The 'One Blue Ocean' project aims to reduce plastic pollution in the world’s oceans. It also states that Sony will also make efforts to reduce its environmental footprint to zero by 2050.
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50 million tonnes of e-waste: IT faces sustainability challenges
Mon, 18th Feb 2019
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sustainable it
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microsoft teams
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e-waste
TCO Development has launched a new campaign called 'This is IT' to raise awareness about sustainable IT recycling practices and the impact of IT waste on the environment.
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Used device market held back by lack of data security regulations
Thu, 14th Feb 2019
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data protection
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blancco
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e-recycling
Mobile device users are sceptical about trading in their old device because they are concerned that data on those devices may be accessed or compromised after they hand it over.
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Report: Bulk of data centre managers don’t care about environment
Fri, 21st Dec 2018
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sustainable it
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data centre maintenance / management
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power / energy
This week Supermicro released its first annual report detailing the environmental impact of today’s cloud-scale data centres.
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HPE promotes 'circular economy' for end-of-use tech
Wed, 19th Dec 2018
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hpe
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e-recycling
HPE is planning to show businesses worldwide that throwing old tech and assets into landfill is not the best option when it comes to end-of-use disposal.
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Imagination at work – e-waste into school lunches
Mon, 22nd May 2017
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microsoft teams
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nsp
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In 2016 the NZ Child Poverty Monitor reported that 48,000 children in New Zealand were living in material hardship, often going without life’s basics.