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make IT green. What do you do when your mobile phone stops working? Or your computer breaks down? Every year, we throw away up to 50 million tonnes of unwanted electronic waste – e-waste. That’s…
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‘Citizens at Risk’. A documentary on how e-waste is poisoning the path out of poverty for India’s recyclers
‘Citizens at Risk’ is a 13-minute documentary by SVTC (USA), Chintan (India), and IMAK (India). It exposes the global exploitation of the poor by a consumerist society and indifferent, irresponsible manufacturers exporting from the United…
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Petition about the votes in Brussels on the ecodesign of energy-using products
A petition was launched about the important votes this week in Brussels on the ecodesign of energy-using products. This petition will show European decision-makers that it is urgent to adopt ambitious policies on major electrical…
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Indonesian workers auction factory assets, regain unpaid wages
Workers at the electronics components company PT Livatec have succeeded in regaining the majority of their unpaid wages by auctioning all of the factory’s moveable assets.Workers in Indonesia take things into their own hands after…
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‘Green’ IT? Energy efficiency is just the beginning
During the annual trade show for information and telecommunications technology, the CeBIT – held from March 3-8 in Hannover, Germany – makeITfair calls for ‘green’ IT products. Green products, according to MakeITFair, are not only…
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Greenpeace announces victory: Philips accepts recycling responsibility
The toxic tide of e-waste will be lessened now that electronics giant Philips has agreed to begin to take responsibility for recycling its own products. The more toxic components there are in a product the…
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Leaflet: Make IT green!
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Playing with Labour Rights
Music player and game console manufacturing in China
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Undercover operation exposes illegal dumping of e-waste in Nigeria
Following a three-year undercover investigation, Greenpeace has shown once again that electronic waste – like your old TV set – still isn’t being responsibly recycled like it’s supposed to be. Instead, e-waste is being disguised…
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Metals in mobile phones help finance Congo atrocities
As the Mobile World Congress opens in Barcelona on 16 February, Global Witness is calling on mobile phone manufacturers to audit their supply chains in order to exclude minerals financing the armed conflict in eastern…