The American NGO INFORM has made an excellent brief video, “The Secret Life of Cell Phones”, about the threat posed by improper cell phone disposal.The American NGO INFORM has made an excellent brief video, “The…
makeITfair report reveals violations of workers’ rights in game console and portable music players manufacturing in China. This is the first study on working conditions in this specific sub-sector. makeITfair’s new report ‘Playing with Labour…
The Electronics Industry Workers Coalition (Mexico) is extending a call for solidarity with the dismissed workers of the Nokia plant in Reynosa, Mexico. The Electronics Industry Workers Coalition (Mexico) is extending a Call for Solidarity…
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…
‘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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
