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The fight against tech pollution

...the lines of coal-fired power plants and pesticide-slathered mega-farms. Ted Smith thinks about the computer on your desk. Smith is executive director... Read more

26 April, 2002 by Jonathan Skillings

Recycle your old PCs

...t take the proper precautions to protect themselves or the environment, said Ted Smith, a senior strategist at the SVTC and chairman of the Computer... Read more

24 April, 2006 by Tom Krazit

Y2K legacy creates PC-disposal headache

...products, from the design stage to recycling and disposal," said SVTC spokesperson Ted Smith. From purchase to disposalIT managers mainly concerned with buying the next... Read more

28 May, 2004 by Andrew Donoghue

Chipmakers agree to sponsor cancer research

...It's kind of a day late and a dollar short," said Ted Smith, the executive director of the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, a group... Read more

19 March, 2004 by John Borland

IBM faces cancer victims in court

Arguments start this week in a case brought by ex-IBM employees who developed cancer Read more

4 November, 2003 by John Borland

PC manufacturers up recycling plans

...recycled gear. "That (product) was not designed with recycling in mind," said Ted Smith, executive director of the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition. "It was not... Read more

23 April, 2003 by Ian Fried

Dell: The PC is still king

...record on recycling obsolete PCs. Moderators quickly grabbed the microphone away from Ted Smith, director of the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, when he began detailing... Read more

10 January, 2003 by David Becker

Dell readies PC recycling programme

...by legislation. "Everybody seems to be very freaked out about Dell," said Ted Smith, executive director of the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition. Dell's lack... Read more

17 May, 2002 by Jonathan Skillings

Old PCs go to jail

Federal inmates will be taking part in an electronic recycling scheme in California to help with the growing problem of 'e-scrap' Read more

16 February, 2002 by Jonathan Skillings

Recycling special report: A way forward

...doctrine "means extending the legal, moral and financial responsibility of producers," said Ted Smith, executive director of the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition , an advocacy group... Read more

18 June, 2001 by Jonathan Skillings

Recycling special report: Disposal is too hot to handle

...known is that PCs will leach, can leach and do leach," said Ted Smith of the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, which estimates that 40 percent... Read more

18 June, 2001 by Jonathan Skillings

Recycling special report: Designing PCs for the environment

...operate under harrowing deadlines and competitive pressures. Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition's Ted Smith says those tight time constraints are a big part of the... Read more

18 June, 2001 by Jonathan Skillings

Should PC makers recycle wares?

...of several toxic chemicals used in the production of computers and semiconductors. Ted Smith, coordinator of the Campaign for Responsible Technology, said that while millions... Read more

24 June, 1999 by ZDNet

Dell: PCs still rule the roost

...record on recycling obsolete PCs. Moderators quickly grabbed the microphone away from Ted Smith, director of the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, when he began detailing... Read more

10 January, 2003 by David Becker

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yeah! all we want free software

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