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15-Year-Old Girls Create Solar-Powered Cell Phone Charger

Photo Credit: The Jakarta Globe It bothers 15-year-old Ega Sribuarti– a high school student in Bogor, Indonesia–to see her friends charge their cell phones in class. “I think it’s almost..

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Happy Earth Month!

Photo Credit: NASA Happy Earth Month! All Green has decided to take Earth Day and extend it through the month of April in order to collect more e-waste and help..

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How often do you buy a new phone?

Raise your hand if you don’t have a cell phone! Anyone? In this era, not owning a mobile phone is a rarity. But how many of us have considered the..

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E-Waste Creations

This is a creative way to recycle e-waste, isn’t it? Photo Credit: totalgeekdom.com I can’t take any of the credit–I came across it on this blog. Here’s why I wish..

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Are e-readers eco-friendly?: Part 2

As e-readers and e-books gain popularity, our requirement for print books is on the decline. Credit: WellHome.com

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5 Old, Ugly Televisions

FYI–The contest deadline has been extended until April 30th at 11:59 PST. We did this to honor Earth Month and..

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10 Facts About Recycling

Did you know… Used aluminum cans can be recycled and back on a grocery store shelf as a new can in 60 days? Now that’s fast turnover. To produce each..

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The Digital Dump

Credit: Good.is Inforgraphics Did you know that the U.S. throws out 25 million televisions, 47.5 million computers, and 100 million cell phones? This, along with other old electronics, adds up..

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Ugliest TV Contest

Picture the oldest, ugliest television you own. Maybe it has a cracked screen, rabbit ears or you still have to get up to change the channel. I’m sure you can..

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Oregonians recycle 24 million pounds of e-waste – Part II

Oregon E-Cycles kept over 24 million pounds of electronics out of landfills in 2010, about 5 million pounds more than in 2009. The E-Cycles program works with about 240 collectors..

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CRTs: How a TV Works

At some point most of us have wondered: How does a TV or a computer monitor display images? Screens on these devices usually have either a liquid crystal display (LCD),..

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According to the EPA, e-waste is still ending up in landfills

According to the recently released EPA report about“Facts and Figures” on Municipal Solid Waste generated in the U.S., a vast majority of e-waste is still ending up in landfills. In..