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Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Green Technology World Announces, ecoATM Unveils eCycling Station Consumer Electronics Recycling Kiosk With Built-In Cash Dispenser
Posted By: Brad Roderick
Here is an article from Green Technology World, written by Jayashree Adkoll, about the first fully automated consumer electronics recycling kiosk with built-in cash dispenser.
ecoATM Unveils eCycling Station Consumer Electronics Recycling Kiosk With Built-In Cash Dispenser
Approximately, 500 million new electronic gadgets are bought by U.S. consumers each year, according to the Consumer Electronics Association (News – Alert). And, average U.S. household currently owns 26 different consumer electronic devices making the total to nearly 3 billion devices in all, many of which are no longer in use and are un-recycled thereby increasing the toxic waste.
In an effort to encourage consumers to responsibly resell or recycle unused devices, a San Diego, California-based provider of automated self-serve kiosk system, ecoATM, announced that it has launched a new fully automated consumer electronics recycling kiosk, eCycling Station, featuring built-in cash dispenser.
According to ecoATM, the eCycling Station provides convenience, immediate financial incentive, and personal data removal for consumers. It leverages a patented, advanced machine vision, electronic diagnostics, and artificial intelligence to evaluate and buy back used electronics directly from consumers for cash or store credit.
This completely consumer self-serve consumer electronics recycling kiosk can not only electronically and/or visually inspect virtually any consumer electronic device, but can also connect consumers in real-time with a broad worldwide secondary market to ensure best pricing.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Grenk Reviews the Top 10 Green Trends for 2011
Posted By: Brad Roderick
Grenk recently released a press release on the top 10 green trends for 2011 which has been featured on a variety of the top news sites.
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Tuesday, February 15, 2011
GreenBiz.com Announces its Fourth Annual State of Green Business Report 2011
Posted By: Brad Roderick
GreenBiz.com has recently released its fourth annual State of Green Business Report 2011. The report highlights the increase in sustainable practices by many corporations even in a time of recession. Many companies have committed to a variety of green initiatives such as; reducing waste, saving energy and utilizing alternative sources.
State of Green Business Report 2011
The fourth annual edition of our State of Green Business report continues our efforts to measure the environmental impacts of the emerging green economy. We document how well — or poorly — companies are improving their environmental performance despite the challenges posed by the Great Recession, and begin to note promising signs for a sea change in corporate sustainability efforts.
The free, downloadable report measures the progress of U.S. business and the economy from an environmental perspective, and highlights key trends in corporate culture in regard to the environment.
This year’s report shows a dramatic shift is occurring in mainstream business: Companies are thinking bigger and longer-term about sustainability — a an analysis of businesses in 2010 shows that even during economically challenging times, many companies invested more in their sustainability activities and made bold new sustainability commitments. For example:
Thursday, January 27, 2011
CNET News Article Announces, Study: By 2030, world can run on renewables
Posted By: Brad Roderick
Here is an article I would like to share form cnet.com, written by Candace Lombardi about the possibility of the world running on renewable energy in the next couple of decades.
Study: By 2030, world can run on renewables
Scientists from Stanford University and the University of California at Davis have crunched the numbers and come up with a plan for how the world might economically and feasibly make the move to renewable energy in the next 20 to 40 years.
In a two-part paper (Part 1 PDF, Part 2 PDF) published in the journal Energy Policy, Mark Z. Jacobson and Mark A. Delucchi show in great detail the who, what, where, and how of implementing a renewable energy-run world. It includes solutions to economic, material, and transport issues.
Jacobson, an atmospheric scientist and professor of civil and environmental engineering, is director of Stanford’s Atmosphere/Energy Program and senior fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment and the Precourt Institute for Energy. Delucchi is a research scientist with a background in economic, environmental, engineering, and planning of transportation systems at the Institute for Transportation Studies at U.C. Davis.
This latest study is an in-depth analysis of a plan originally put forth by Jacobson and Delucchi and published in the November 2009 issue of Scientific American.
The most interesting determination made as a result of the team’s due diligence to the world of energy creation and use was just how much energy the world wastes producing and transporting other energy.
The scientists estimated that the world could reduce its overall energy demand by as much as 30 percent just by transitioning away from combustion processes to more efficient electric processes for producing energy and hydrogen fuel cells.
Jacobson and Delucchi claim that the world’s energy could be originated from 50 percent wind, 40 percent solar, 4 percent geothermal, 4 percent hydroelectric, and 2 percent wave and tidal power. They also agree that financial incentives and management systems aimed at conserving energy during peak demand times would be key
Thursday, July 29, 2010
London to Recycle Waste into Energy on the River Thames
Posted by: Brad Roderick
The River Thames, which runs 215 miles long, has provided transportation, energy to run mills , shaped trade and has added rich history to Southeast England. Now, as a way to increase environmental efforts the River Thames will be the home of a new incineration plant which will help to turn waste into energy in London.
Here is a video from cnn.com about what London hopes to achieve with the new incineration plant.
