Environment and ICTs
makeITfair is a multilingual website focusing on consumer electronics industry, raising consumers’ awareness about the labour abuses and environmental problems around the world, and providing information and tools to mobilize citizen action to improve the situation. makeITfair researches companies behavior, organises meetings with companies in the electronics industry and gives them recommendations. makeITfair also publishes information on the use of metals in computers, mobile phones a...
Computers are creating massive e-waste. The paper industry has had to double to meet printer demand. But smart technologies are bringing huge savings in energy consumption. As the UN conference on climate change starts in Cancun, the new Global Information Society Watch from APC and Hivos looks at ICTs and environmental sustainability in 53 countries, six regions and through ten expert thematic reports. What is the state of the industry in your country? Find out.
Solving the E-waste Problem (StEP) is a joint science-based initiative of several UN organisations and coordinated by the United Nations University. StEP’s work is organised in task force groups, including members from industry, academia, government and NGOs, according to the five principles of StEP: 1) Policy, 2) ReDesign, 3) ReUse 4) ReCycling and 5)Capacity Building. StEP members contr...
The guide ranks top electronics manufacturers (personal computers, mobile phones, TVs and games consoles) according to their policies on toxic chemicals, recycling and climate change. Updated quarterly. The guide aims to get these companies to: * Clean up their products by eliminating hazardous substances. * Take back and recycle their products responsibly once they become obsolete. ...
The Basel Action Network (BAN) is a non-governmental organisation which focuses on the devastating impacts of toxic trade from an environmental justice perspective, advocates for banning waste trade, and for promoting green and democratic design of consumer products. Initiator of the e-Stewards programme for certifying responsible electronic recyclers, working on green shipbreaking, zero mercur...
E-waste guide.info is a Swiss-initiated knowledge base for sustainable e-waste recycling. Contains e-waste case studies from Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America, e-waste facts: hazardous substances, valuable substances, e-waste quantities, state-of-the-art and hazardous recycling technologies, bibliography of downloadable documents, e-waste image and video galleries. Developed by the Swiss S...
Call2Recycle is a free collection programme for mobile phones and rechargeable batteries, active since 1994. It operates through a network of 30 000 drop-off locations, such as hospitals, universities, retailers, public institutions and communities, in Canada and the United States. All collected materials are recycled completely, in facilities in North America. Mobile phones are refurbished and...
Green Choice is an information website offering green tips for the office, home, etc. Contains basic information about e-waste issues in China and some tips. A joint project of Global Village of Beijing (GVB) , China Environment and Sustainable Development Reference and Research Centre (CESDRRC) and Friends of Nature (FON). E-waste in China
The Story of Electronics an accessible and very smart eight minute film about e-waste, will be playing at www.storyofelectronics.org as of this Tuesday, November 9. The latest internet video release by Annie Leonard’s Story of Stuff Project employs a simple but never “dumbed-down” communication style. “The Story of Electronics” provides all consumers of e
The Electronics TakeBack Coalition (ETBC), supported by over 30 organisations, promotes green design and responsible recycling in the electronics industry. The goal is to protect the health and well being of electronics users, workers, and the communities where electronics are produced and discarded by requiring consumer electronics manufacturers and brand owners to take full responsibility for...
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