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Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Mylifescoop.com Reveals Top 10 Green Gadget Gift Ideas for 2010
Posted by: Brad Roderick
With the holiday season approaching quickly, shoppers are starting to think about gift ideas. Each year, manufactures release their latest and greatest gadgets just in time for the holiday shoppers to snatch them up. Luckily, there are more green gadgets on the market, so that environmentally conscious shoppers can get the newest gadget, while protecting our planet.
According to mylifescoop.com here are their top 10 green gadget gift ideas:
Logitech Solar Powered Wireless Keyboard
This svelte solar keyboard by Logitech ensures freedom from annoying wires and the grid. The brilliant wireless design is emblazoned with a strip of photovoltaic panels that allow it to charge using indoor or outdoor light sources, completely eliminating the need for disposable batteries. Weighing in at just 1/3 of an inch thick, the world’s first solar keyboard connects using speedy 2.4 Ghz wireless, and features a handy lux meter that tells you how much light is available at any given moment.
12 Folds LED Origami Cards by Tomomi Sayuda
These beautiful holiday cards by Tomomi Sayuda fold into gorgeous glowing globes of light, giving you a great way to send holiday cheer across great distances. Each flat-packed card features a different pattern, and they come complete with an LED light source and a battery.
WeWood Watches
Each chunky-chic wooden number is made from sustainably harvested or reclaimed wood that is 100% recyclable, biodegradable, and toxin-free. Best of all, for every watch sold, WeWood plants a tree with American Forests.
Recompute Cardboard Computer Case
Give the gadget geek on your list the gift of green computing power with this ingenious Recompute computer case. Constructed from smartly stacked sheets of cardboard, this desktop pc has been thoughtfully designed to minimize its environmental footprint from its manufacture to its usage and disposal. It’s capable of holding any standard set of components, and since most computers last 3 to 5 years, the Recompute case has been designed so that it can be composted or recycled at the end of its lifecycle.
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Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Annie Leonard, Creator of “Story of Stuff,” Releases Her Latest Project “The Story of Electronics”
A greenbiz.com article highlights points from Annie Leonard’s latest video called “The Story of Electronics,” which covers not only the basics of the e-waste problem, but offers tips on how to get involved in a solution. Please watch the video below to learn more.
According to Matthew Wheeland, the article’s author, the video covers the basics of the e-waste problem, from gadgets designed for obsolescence, to toxic inputs and toxic outputs, to the harsh reality of e-waste recycling in the developing world.
The video calls for re-imagining how electronics are designed and disposed of, and while it’s partly tongue-in-cheek, with a call for sending e-waste to IT company CEOs, Leonard also makes the point that electronics are not that technologically savvy in their design.
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Tuesday, November 2, 2010
InkCycle Releases New Electronic Waste Recycling Video for Families: Tips to Green Up the Home
Posted By: Brad Roderick
The video below reviews electronic waste issues and provides tips for a greener home and family. Almost 2 million tons of electronic waste were landfilled in 2005, and while toxic materials comprise only a small amount of this volume, it doesn’t take much lead or mercury to contaminate an area’s soil or water supply. Families need to keep this in mind when deciding what to do with those old electronic devices.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Stanford Graduate Students Develop Prototype of Recyclable Laptop
Posted By: Brad Roderick
Graduate students from Stanford University have developed, with a little help from Autodesk Inventor software, a prototype for a recyclable laptop that can be disassembled in two minutes, according to electronicsnews.com.
According to the article, The modular Bloom laptop computer is said to simplify electronics recycling, reduce electronic waste, and can be disassembled in two minutes.
The students from Stanford and Finland’s Aalto University used Autodesk Inventor and Autodesk Inventor Publisher software to help develop and refine the innovative laptop during the school year, and, for their work, the class of graduate students was named Autodesk Inventor of the Month for October 2010.
The software was used create 3D digital prototypes of the hardware components inside the laptop, aiding in creating a readily accessible laptop design that is also easy to disassemble.
The Bloom laptop is designed to separate into different materials such as plastics, metals and circuitry. This is in contrast with most commercially laptops which take about 45 minutes to disassemble, requiring three separate tools and as many as 120 steps.
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Thursday, July 29, 2010
Eco-Friendly Dry Cleaning Service Reduces Waste with Electronic Recycling, Innovative Cleaning Methods and Green Office Supplies
Posted by: Brad Roderick
Green Results
Hangers Cleaners initially came to life when Owner Joe Runyan became dissatisfied with cleaning materials on the market and turned to a green concept, utilizing carbon that would revolutioize the industry. “I was hooked,” said Runyan. “So, I started a green dry cleaner.” Shortly thereafter, Runyan opened the first eco-friendly dry cleaning business in Kansas City of its kind.
Green Success
Although Runyan has not been able to measure specific green results, it is clear that grenk has played a vital role in his business and promotion of green initiatives. “It is just a part of our overall effort. Our employees and guests see that we are ‘walking the talk’ when it comes to green,” Runyan said.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Recycling Ink and Toner Cartridges to Help Eliminate E-Waste from Landfills
A big thanks to the Recycler, a trade magazine that focuses on toner and inkjet cartridge recycling, for recently featuring InkCycle for its use of YouTube to encourage cartridge recycling.
Brad Roderick, executive vice president of InkCycle in Lenexa, Kansas, reviews the process of recycling ink and toner cartridges at InkCycle to help eliminate e-waste from landfills.
Roderick explains that the first steps include taking the toners apart to see what’s inside of them, replacing the critical wear components, cleaning out excess toner and getting them back to a state where they are ready for repair and refurbishment.
Roderick discusses the final step of recycling an ink and toner cartridge after one is placed into a live printer and prints a series of pages to ensure that when it’s taken out of the box that the print performance at the end of the production process is up to the standards that will satisfy the consumer.
InkCycle produces a recycled ink and toner cartridge called grenk. Grenk is designed to leave the smallest environmental footprint possible.
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Nike Reuses Plastic Bottles for 2010 World Cup Soccer Uniforms
Posted by: Brad Roderick
Teams from around the world have sported Nike uniforms this year at the 2010 World Cup, but what many people don’t know is what those uniforms were made from. I would like to share an article from greenopolis.com, by Trish Smith, about Nike’s eco-friendly World Cup uniforms made from recycled plastic.
Nike Creates 2010 World Cup Soccer Uniforms Made from Recycled Plastic Bottles
Whether you play soccer on a professional team or as part of an intramural sport, or even if you just watch your kids play the sport, you’ve got to appreciate Nike’s new green initiative for this year’s World Cup. The eco-friendly initiative: uniforms made from discarded plastic bottles!
That’s right all you David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo fans! This year will be the first time ever that World Cup players will be sporting these uniforms, which are all made from discarded plastic bottles found in landfills in Japan and Taiwan.
According to an article in Ecouterre: “Each shirt comprises up to eight recycled plastic bottles, a move that reduces energy consumption by up to 30 percent compared with manufacturing virgin polyester. Besides saving raw materials, Nike also diverted nearly 13 million plastic bottles (or nearly 560,000 pounds of polyester waste) from the landfill – enough to cover more than 29 football pitches.”
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Hollywood, Florida Citizens Launch Recycle Back Partnership with 1,500 Businesses
Posted by: Brad Roderick
It is always refreshing to see a community step up its recycling efforts in order to protect the environment. In Hollywood, Fla. residents have increased their recycling 130 percent in order to gain points through a company called the Recycle Back. The company allows participants to purchase goods from more than 1,500 local and national businesses by trading in points for coupons. Here is a video from the latimes.com about the Recycle Back program.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
E-Waste: How to Recycle Ink and Toner Cartridges
Brad Roderick, executive vice president of InkCycle in Lenexa, Kansas, reviews the process of recycling ink and toner cartridges at InkCycle to help eliminate e-waste from landfills.
Roderick explains that the first steps include taking the toners apart to see what’s inside of them, replacing the critical wear components, cleaning out excess toner and getting them back to a state where they are ready for repair and refurbishment.
Roderick discusses the final step of recycling an ink and toner cartridge after one is placed into a live printer and prints a series of pages to ensure that when it’s taken out of the box that the print performance at the end of the production process is up to the standards that will satisfy the consumer.
InkCycle produces a recycled ink and toner cartridge called grenk. Grenk is designed to leave the smallest environmental footprint possible.