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Green IT solutions
Blog How about the other side of the IT bandwagon, that of green datacentres and greener computing systems. So, why do I see the kit as being the de-facto Green IT solution? Heck, what I can't understand, given the current green drive for IT, is the...
[September 19, 2008, 9:30]
Environment Agency seeks green IT partner
News Waste — environmental disposal in line with the WEEE Regulations The Environment Agency has posted a tender for what it hopes will be the most environmentally sustainable government IT contract to date.
[December 17, 2007, 15:41]
IT firms strive to become green giants
News IBM's move comes as the IT industry gets ready to address the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive. IBM is expanding the reach of its IT recycling programme to cover Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Asia Pacific region.
[November 11, 2004, 16:45]
Greenpeace: IT giants must turn greener
News Iza Kruszewska, toxic campaigner at Greenpeace, said IT companies who planned to comply with the WEEE directive should also apply those standards globally. The WEEE directive makes equipment vendors responsible for ensuring that products they sell...
[November 18, 2005, 16:50]
IT budgets to foot recycling bill
News The not-for-profit organisation claims the public sector should be setting the example when it comes to green disposal in the run up to the introduction of WEEE. While the majority of senior IT professionals questioned agreed that more should be...
[August 5, 2004, 14:15]
Brace yourself for green legislation
Leader WEEE, together with similar state-level legislation in the US, strikes at the very heart of the IT industry and challenges one of the central tenets that underpins it: out with the old and in with the new.
[September 9, 2004, 13:05]
IT industry urged to help hit carbon targets
News The WEEE directive aims to encourage companies to recycle and reuse their old IT equipment. Businesses have already been faced with eco-legislation — the European Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) directive came into force earlier...
[October 15, 2007, 9:35]
Dell: IT industry slow to action over recycling
News ZDNet UK spoke with the company’s global sustainable business director Pat Nathan about the potential impact of the EU Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment Directive (WEEE) and who will end-up covering the costs of going green.
[September 28, 2004, 11:30]
Asus focuses on green laptop design
News Asus is also hoping to trade in the future on green credentials, as well as complying with environmental legislation such as the WEEE directive. The WEEE directive will force manufacturers to take back products at the end of their lifecycle.
[February 23, 2006, 11:50]
Chinese will pay most for green PCs
News Despite the announcement of the successful implementation of ROHS, the UK has repeatedly failed to implement the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) directive. WEEE aims to reduce the impact of waste technology by forcing manufacturers...
[June 28, 2006, 17:25]
Paying the true cost of technology
Leader However, the farce that is the WEEE directive, Europe's attempt to regulate recycling of waste IT, rolls on with no clear date on when the legislation will be enacted by a scandalously timid Department of Trade and Industry.
[June 29, 2006, 13:15]
Running a WEEE recycling plant
Blog Recycling of weee means reselling it as well as dismantling it. Add to that the following and we can see why recycling WEEE is a tough nut to crack: IT-Green is currently undergoing some major changes and I guess it's fair to say that being one of...
[September 7, 2008, 22:44]
Tech recycling law will hit in New Year
Blog Green may be a vote winner but you wouldn’t know it from the government’s feeble attempts to enact the European tech recycling directive WEEE into UK legislation. So what does it all mean? Well effectively it means that manufacturers will be...
[December 20, 2006, 8:40]
Making the Switch to green
Blog Along with other green tech makers, D-Link also uses the fact that its products comply with the RoHS and WEEE regulations as evidence of its green credentials - which is just annoying. Given that it's the end of the financial world as we know (and...
[February 18, 2009, 16:27]
Gartner: 'Go green' with caution
News Gartner is also warning organisations to be prepared for legislation such as the WEEE (Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment) Directive which will eventually come into force. Organisations facing up to the issue of stricter environmental...
[March 16, 2006, 14:30]
HP and the African e-waste problem: Round 2
Blog In Europe HP builds multi-million dollar eWaste facilities and (more recently) pays for end-of-life disposal of PCs spending an amount calculated to be in direct proportion to the number of HP units sold into the European market (as it is required...
[February 17, 2009, 17:03]
Dell to cut PC power by 25 percent
News Like other PC makers, Dell has a recycling and refurbishment scheme as mandated by the WEEE directive. The company said it will do this by continuing to integrate what it calls energy-smart technologies into its circuit designs, fans, power...
[May 16, 2008, 11:38]
Tech leaders lobby Prime Minister over sustainable IT
News Despite pushing the thin client model since the early nineties Sun has failed to make significant headway with the technology, but extolling the environmental benefits may help as manufacturers and users have to deal with legislation such as the...
[June 8, 2005, 15:55]
It's not just me who's confused by recycling laws...
Blog If you want to find out more about the IT manager's responsibility under WEEE - check the Green IT Toolkit. God knows they have had long enough to implement the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) directive, but it seems the DTI and...
[January 24, 2007, 17:10]
IT managers get clarification on recycling duties
News If a corporation is looking to dispose of PCs or other IT equipment that falls under the WEEE regulations, purchased after 13 August, 2005, then the original supplier of the equipment is financially liable for its disposal unless it chooses to...
[January 24, 2007, 16:04]
