Tagged: Recycling & News
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Green handset shipments may reach 392m by 2017 News
09.05.2012 Are we about to witness a massive splurge in green handsets hitting the marketplace? Juniper Research appears to think so, as its latest analysis is predicting that green...Categories: Engineering, Green, Green Tech, Intellectual Property, Mobile, Recycling Services, Sustainability -
Cork City FC in recycling drive to get funding News
03.04.2012 Cork City FC, which is run by its fans, is appealing for people to donate unwanted mobile phones, iPods, games and DVDs as part of a fundraising drive to keep the club in action.Categories: Games/Entertainment, Consumer Tech, Green, Green Computing, Mobile, Recycling Services, Sustainability -
NI healthcare trust invests stg£350k in major IT overhaul News
26.01.2012 Northern Ireland-based South Eastern Health & Social Care Trust (SET) has completed a major stg£350,000 IT transformation that involves over 5,000 staff.Categories: CIO, Computers, Green Computing, Green Tech, Investments, IT Management, IT Organisation, Networking & Telecoms, Servers -
Hertz donates PCs to Irish charity for tech education News
23.11.2011 Hertz has donated 1,000 computers to Irish social enterprise charity Camara Education, which will refurbish them before dispatching them off to east Africa to help improve the...Categories: Recycling Services, Hardware, Green, Education, Consumer Tech, Computers, Green Tech, Sustainability -
Limerick tech firm AMCS buys UK software company News
18.11.2011 Limerick-headquartered environment and recycling management software company AMCS has acquired UK software company The Solution Works for an undisclosed sum. -
Repak to launch recycling facility locator app News
28.09.2011 Repak will launch an app as part of next week’s Repak Recycling Week, which will include GPS functionality to help users find their nearest recycling facility. -
German firm creates Mercedes supercar from scrap metal News
20.09.2011 German company Giganten aus Stahl (Giants of Steel) has put together a novel recycled-metal version of the 1954 Mercedes 300 SL Uhlenhaut gullwing coupé, the Mercedes race car...Tags: Recycling, Clean Tech, -
Climate change no longer top global warming concern News
30.08.2011 Global concern over climate change no longer tops the list of environmental issues people are most worried about, with air and water pollution, water shortages, packaging waste... -
Irish charity Camara ships 25,000th refurbished PC News
11.08.2011 Volunteer organisation Camara, which refurbishes computers and then loads them with educational software to help empower students’ education in disadvantaged areas in countries...Categories: Sustainability, Recycling Services, Green Computing, Green, Education, Consumer Tech, Computers, Green Tech -
Sony cuts its global CO2 emissions by 31pc News
27.07.2011 Sony has reduced its global CO2 emissions by 31pc across its business sites and achieved targets set out in its "Green Management 2010" (“GM2010”) mid-term environmental plan. -
Recycabike initiative launches as part of Bike Week News
23.06.2011 Recycabike is a new bicycle repair and reuse workshop that is launching today in Ballymun to coincide with Bike Week. -
Aviva Stadium achieves sustainable venue certification News
23.06.2011 It's only in its first year, but already Aviva Stadium in Dublin has achieved BS8901:2009 certification, which confirms its status as a sustainable venue operating a... -
Airbus reveals concept cabin for 2050 air travel News
15.06.2011 Envisioning what it will be like to fly by 2050, Airbus is showcasing its concept cabin, which it says is inspired by nature and features green technologies to make flying a... -
Carbon case for waste technologies over wind energy News
13.06.2011 A new report from the Environmental Services Association (ESA) in the UK argues that investing stg£1bn in waste infrastructure could yield four times more jobs and save more... -
Landfill levies help Greyhound to create 112 new jobs News
14.04.2011 Greyhound Recycling and Recovery is to create 112 new jobs by 2013, the Dublin-based "green" firm announced today. -
Austria and Romania embrace recycling - EU report News
08.04.2011 Recycled paper is not only a cheaper option, but saves forests and reduces energy and water consumption. The European Commission's research project 'Sort it' is working to...Categories: Recycling Services, Development -
Sony Ericsson launches green phones News
15.03.2011 Sony Ericsson has launched a range of environmentally friendly mobile phones, the Elm and the Cedar. -
Eco-groups seek ban on exporting toxic electronics News
10.03.2011 Concerned environmental groups urged the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) to prohibit federal agencies of exporting electronics to developing nations, where... -
Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation launches free app News
04.02.2011 The Jack & Jill app is a new avenue for individuals and businesses to donate mobile phones or toner cartridges or to order cartridges from Jack & Jill and, in turn, help the... -
Affordable computer reuse scheme for Irish schools News
27.01.2011 The Environmental Protection Agency and Camara Education have launched the ‘Camara Ireland’ computer reuse project to help address the computer usage shortfall in Irish schools,...Categories: Sustainability, Internet, Green Computing, Green, Energy, Consumer Tech, Computers, Green Tech