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Following Nokia's go-green initiative, Samsung Electronics America announced the upcoming launch of SAMSUNG RECYCLING DIRECT, a program that will allow North American consumers to easily recycle Samsung products, from mobile phones to LCDs. SAMSUNG RECYCLING DIRECT will debut on the 1st of October, when con... |
4 September 2008
08:08 GMT |
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Ever wondered what happens to your old clothes after you're done with them? Or maybe we should say "if" you're done with them. The fashion landscape has changed so much over the past decade and "accessibility" has become one of the most meaningful concepts of the contemporary world. High-end designers such ... |
3 June 2008
10:43 GMT |
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Pulsars are a type of rapidly rotating neutron stars with powerful magnetic fields, capable of projecting a beam of electromagnetic radiation that sweeps the surrounding space as they rotate. They are usually found in the company of white dwarf stars, although the latest addition to the long list of pulsars seems to ... |
16 May 2008
03:34 GMT |
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The permanent crew on board the International Space Station is now formed of only three astronauts, but it will soon be able to support a complement of six, meaning that it will require a new water reclamation system to recycle the water used on board. The newly built water recovery systems, which will be set to fit ... |
13 May 2008
09:56 GMT |
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Retired consumer electronics appliances could bring you a fortune, even before recycling, if you decided to mine them for precious metals. The new trend is as scientific as possible, and even got a name: "Urban mining". The idea behind it is the fact that scrap parts hold significant amounts of gold, silver, copper, ... |
29 April 2008
06:55 GMT |
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As you probably know, yesterday was "Earth Day", and an extremely appropriate time for Dell to introduce its Green consumer desktop PC. The company seems to make important steps towards the small desktop computing market, and the model introduced yesterday is touted as the smallest and the most eco-friendly device of... |
23 April 2008
11:18 GMT |
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Open-source fans worldwide have made a habit out of holding "install-fests", the equivalent of a practical training, where non-technicians get to know the benefits of using Linux and other open-source applications on computers.A San Francisco non-profit foundation went a little further with the install-fest idea and ... |
3 March 2008
04:11 GMT |
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This has just come in. Apple now offers free recycling of iPods and mobiles in the UK. Not exactly breaking news, I condone, but a touching fact for environmentalists and Apple fans alike, who, despite their snob-like attitude, actually consider the planet's welfare.So, aspcadvisor.co.uk reports, Apple is not on... |
27 February 2008
11:06 GMT |
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Eco-lover Hewlett-Packard has introduced a new technological process that will help the company produce new cartridges out of raw materials obtained from recycling the used ones. I have previously told you about the C2C (cradle to cradle) products lifecycle and it seems that using it does not bring popularity amongst... |
31 January 2008
03:21 GMT |
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Now, don't get any crazy ideas by believing that your mobile telephone device has been manufactured from anything but recycled materials. Do you believe that old machinery such as airplanes just disappear into the darkness overnight? No... they get recycled like a great part of the materials our days. Do you kno... |
14 January 2008
09:52 GMT |
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Plastics are made of semisynthetic polymerization products composed of organic condensation or addition polymers and may contain other substances to improve performance or economics. Their widespread use made them indispensable in almost all industry areas.There are methods by which plastics can be broken back down... |
27 June 2007
16:36 GMT |
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Recycling prevents useful material resources being wasted, reduces the consumption of raw materials and reduces energy usage, and hence greenhouse gas emissions, compared to virgin production; it's a key concept of modern waste management and is the third component of the waste hierarchy.Recyclable materials, a... |
3 April 2007
06:03 GMT |
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