http://www.ewasteinsights.info/wordpress News, Views and Information on the State of Electronics Recycling Sun, 17 May 2009 18:07:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Blog Here => CAW Mark Murray on EWaste This calls for thorough commentary, but from my point of view the short answer is, yes, "race to the bottom" export is a challenge, and no, personal computers are the last thing that needs to added to an ARF style collection mechanism. ... http://www.ewasteinsights.info/wordpress/?p=208 An announcement was made this week by Sony America and Waste Management Inc. Sony Recycling Program web page http://www.ewasteinsights.info/wordpress/?p=207 BLOG POST on Green IT interesting.. http://www.ewasteinsights.info/wordpress/?p=206 Today's online version of our local Bay Area paper, SFGate, features an article on the e-waste export morass, an historic set of purchasing and disposal guidelines enacted by UC Berkeley, and the obligatory quotes from BAN and leading Inidan action groups. SFGate EWaste Story LINK http://www.ewasteinsights.info/wordpress/?p=204 The Associated Press has done their bit to keep the EWaste Debate alive today, releasing an overview article focusing on the basics. Of course, as a new entrant into a detailed topic, the writer makes a few gaffs: The electronic carcasses are fed into a massive machine that noisily shreds them ... http://www.ewasteinsights.info/wordpress/?p=202 While following up on some of the BodyBurden and Biomonitoring topics from last year, I found the National Environmental Public Health Conference. 2006 NEPH Conference Link http://www.ewasteinsights.info/wordpress/?p=201 The elections of Fall 2006 famously changed the balance of power in Congress. With those changes, US Senator Barbara Boxer, (D) CA has taken the chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. Last week, Senator Boxer exercised her new leadership in what amounted to a public grilling of ... http://www.ewasteinsights.info/wordpress/?p=200 A body of the European Union will vote today on a new solid waste strategy approved by committee last Fall. UPDATE: the vote was in favor of the framework. ENS News article on Waste Hierarchy Vote The vote will apparently lay the groundwork for an incentives and enforcement framework, based ... http://www.ewasteinsights.info/wordpress/?p=199 In the biggest news of the new year, the Executive Office has declared that virtually all Federal purchasing of new IT equipment be compliant with the EPEAT standard. The U.S. Federal Government buys about 7% of the world's computers. Executive Order on EPEAT purchasing The sweeping declaration includes major and substantial targets ... http://www.ewasteinsights.info/wordpress/?p=198 While visiting here in Cambridge, MA, I had an unexpected opportunity to attend an evening presentation on One Laptop Per Child by Mr. Walter Bender, President of Software Development on the project. The recent Consumer Electronics Show demonstrates plainly that there are more than enough individuals in the world who are ... http://www.ewasteinsights.info/wordpress/?p=197 The CA Department of Toxic Substances Control has put into effect a partial implementation of the European ROHS Directive by listing devices covered under our SB20/SB50 system. (see sidebar for background links) In seperate regulatory action, the list of Covered Devices in the SB20/50 system expanded to include DVD players with ... http://www.ewasteinsights.info/wordpress/?p=195 The One Laptop Per Child project continues marching forward... They are still claiming the $100 number, or someone is.. More questions are raised in my mind than answered. What is the real lifecycle cost of this machine? Where do the components go at end of life? What is reuseable? Where is ... http://www.ewasteinsights.info/wordpress/?p=194 NPD Group Press Release Essentially, ever more electronics being sold to consumers at all levels. http://www.ewasteinsights.info/wordpress/?p=193 BEIJING, Nov. 25 (Xinhuanet) -- Japanese electronics maker Sony has unleashed their latest line of Pocket Mini USB drives. These thumb flash memory drives, in a range of vibrant colors, are some of the most fashionable storage devices on the market. They measure 14.5 x 32 x ... http://www.ewasteinsights.info/wordpress/?p=192