Vulnerable Ecologies: Susan Stockwell’s E-Waste Installation Art
May 26, 2009 at 3:47 pm | Filed under: TechnoBlogRenowned UK installation artist, Susan Stockwell, opened her first exhibit ever in Houston last weekend and it is a very special one to us here at TechnoCycle. Vulnerable Ecologies, which is on display at the Houston Art League (1953 Montrose Boulevard) now through June 19th, is an artistic representation of e-waste. As an installation artist [...]
Digital Cameras are Dry Clean Only (& five other tips to recycle them)
April 3, 2009 at 12:52 pm | Filed under: Electronic Recycling, Green Living, TechnoBlogMy sister has four young sons. The youngest is almost three years old and he likes to helpful like his older brothers. Earlier this week he ran up to my brother-in-law holding the family’s digital camera, “Look, Da-da, I washed it!” Drip, drip, drip. If an overnight rice-bath doesn’t bring it back to life then [...]
HP Expands India Recycling Program
March 31, 2009 at 12:48 pm | Filed under: Electronic Recycling, Recycling NewsHP announced today that it is extending its recycling program in India to cover small businesses and consumers. The news nips at the heels of an earlier announcement of findings from a survey put together by the Electronics Industry Association of India that showed that safe and ethical computer and electronic recycling services in India [...]
Fill Your Tank with Plastic: Oregon Company Recycles Plastic into Oil
March 17, 2009 at 1:29 pm | Filed under: Electronic Recycling, Green Tech, Recycling News, TechnoBlogrecycle-plastic-to-oil
Argi-Plas, with the help of the state of Oregon, has just claimed to be first company in the nation (perhaps the world?) to recycle unwanted plastics into crude oil. Currently the process is only happening on a small scale and with “agricultural” plastics. Though they say the process does work on plastics from other industries [...]
FREE Web Seminar Hosted by BAN
March 16, 2009 at 5:33 pm | Filed under: TechnoBlogElectronic Waste & Human Rights:
Webinar hosted by BAN and ERI
Date:
Fri, Mar 20, 2009
Time:
2:00 PM EDT
Duration:
1 hour
Host(s):
ReadyTalk Web Seminar Series
via ReadyTalk.com (click here to sign up!).
Please come join this exciting (and free!) web seminar hosted by two pioneers of ethical e-waste recycling, John Shegerian and Jim Puckett. John Shegerian is the [...]
Intel’s Economy of Personal Sustainability
March 13, 2009 at 1:16 pm | Filed under: Electronic Recycling, TechnoBlog via Earth911 Blog.
In the midst of the mounting economic crisis of the USA and the world, Will Swope, Intel’s VP of sustainabilty, offers some great, simple suggestions that we individually can do to make a difference. His suggestions are both a guide toward frugal liviing, but also sustainable living. Things like two less [...]
ThinkSpace, USGBC & LEED: Green Tech in Green Spaces
March 6, 2009 at 4:37 pm | Filed under: Green Living, Green Tech, TechnoBlogWhen internet personality Robert Scoble toured ThinkSpace a week ago it caught our attention. Why? ThinkSpace is an office park for the 21st century. It is the first LEED certified co-working/office space building in the Seattle sound area. LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. ThinkSpace recycles nearly everything (I’m told they even [...]
Chinese auto maker plans to take on giants with electric cars
February 21, 2009 at 4:12 pm | Filed under: TechnoBlogIn the world of (ethical) computer recycling China is often seen as the backwater providence that we must protect from itself. Despite the Chinese national government creating laws banning the import of hazardous e-waste, many local governments are happy to take American e-waste from unethical “recyclers” here and ship it China to break it down [...]
5 Concerns as Goodwill, Dell Expand ‘Reconnect’ Computer Recycling Program
February 12, 2009 at 2:43 pm | Filed under: Electronic Recycling, Green Living, Recycling News, TechnoBlog, Texas RecyclingDell Computers and Goodwill industries announced today that they will be expanding their ‘Reconnect’ computer recycling program to six additional states, including Arkansas, Iowa, Maine, New Hampshire, Oregon and Vermont. Bringing the total number of participating locations up to nearly 1,000.
This ongoing effort to encourage computer recycling and provide jobs for low-income persons is a [...]
Mission Motors: The Mission
February 11, 2009 at 5:58 pm | Filed under: Green Tech“THE MISSION
Redefine the world of performance motorcycles. Build a zero emissions vehicle with a definitive new style and enough performance to beat gasoline. Prove to the world that the future of performance is electric.”
via Mission Motors: The Mission.
Rather uncharacteristically, a few months ago we blogged about the–still unreleased–Tesla WhiteStar all-electric four door coupe. It got [...]
