Tagged: E-waste & News
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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 -
E-waste is the next green challenge for the IT industry News
26.05.2011 Improving the energy efficiency of IT equipment is still the overwhelming focus of the green IT community, with little attention given to the next big challenge - how to safely... -
Despite Rwanda ban, Camara receives top global award News
03.03.2011 The Global Development Network has placed Camara Rwanda first in the category of ‘Most Innovative Development Project.’ The company was honoured despite Rwanda’s current ban on... -
Nokia tops Greenpeace green electronics ranking News
27.10.2010 Mobile phone giant Nokia has taken first place in Greenpeace International’s newly released Guide to Greener Electronics. -
Camara in socially responsible green computing drive News
24.02.2010 With global e-waste growing at about 40 million tons a year, an Irish company that refurbishes old computers and sends them to schools in Ireland and Africa has called on...Categories: Digital Life, Clean Tech -
Irish lead in e-cycling compliance News
11.08.2009 When it comes to recycling and disposing of electrical and electronic waste Ireland is head and shoulders above the rest of the European Union, reports the European Recycling...Categories: Clean Tech, R&D -
Dell initiative sees 35 tonnes of e-waste collected News
29.06.2009 A one-day free recycling event at Dell’s campus in Cherrywood, Dublin, resulted in over 35 tonnes of unwanted electrical equipment and electronic waste collected.Categories: Digital Life, Government -
Dell implements ban on e-waste export News
22.06.2009 Following the guidelines of the Basel Convention – an international treaty designed to stave off the movements of hazardous waste – Dell has decided to go beyond ceasing the...