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Greenbox Appeal to help QLD Flood Victims

The Queensland Premier's Disaster Relief Appeal has been established to help victims of the devastating Queensland floods, which have inundated thousands of homes and devastated communities.

Turn your “end of life” IT equipment into cash relief for the flood victims and their communities.

You can help make a difference by donating your “end of life” IT equipment. All items donated between now and 14 February 2011 will be converted into cash by Greenbox and the net proceeds sent to the Premier's Disaster Relief Appeal.

Additionally, for each item processed, Greenbox will donate half the normal processing fees to the fund!!

So, to help those in need, simply click here (& type 'Flood Appeal' in the 'Pick Up Reference' field) or call 1300 20 10 10.

For more information on the Queensland Premier's Disaster Relief Appeal or to donate directly to the Appeal click here.

WEEE recyclers admit to overcapacity

Some of the UK's largest WEEE reprocessors have acknowledged that facilities are currently operating below capacity as the recession and leakage of material outside official recycling channels impact on the amount of material available to them.

The Story of Stuff Project Presents, The Story of Electronics

Why 'designed for the dump' is toxic for people and the planet.

About The Project

The Story of Stuff Project was created by Annie Leonard to leverage and extend the film’s impact. We amplify public discourse on a series of environmental, social and economic concerns and facilitate the growing Story of Stuff community’s involvement in strategic efforts to build a more sustainable and just world. Our on-line community includes over 150,000 activists and we partner with hundreds of environmental and social justice organizations worldwide to create and distribute our films, curricula and other content.

The Story of Stuff Project is fiscally sponsored by the Tides Center. We are supported by grants from both private and public foundations, contributions from viewers, and earned revenue from speaking appearances and DVD and book sales.

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Greenbox services now available on the new Federal Whole-of-Government – Desktop Panel (The Panel) – SON335550

This service is now available under the new AGIMO desktop panel SON335550. The Panel is managed through the Head Agreement (Deed) between The Commonwealth of Australia as represented by Department of Finance and Deregulation, acting through the Australian Government Information Management Office and selected vendors as Panel suppliers for the Provision of certain Desktop Hardware and Associated Services.

Greenbox Price Comparison

As a logical extension to its market leading zero-landfill disposal solution, Greenbox is now delivering a full range of desktop logistics and installation services to assist in the deployment of new desktop IT fleets. Greenbox uses the residual value of the outgoing equipment to fund the cost of installation, deinstallation, logistics and ethical (zero landfill) disposal. We then pay surplus funds to you in the form of a rebate.

What You Should Do With E-Waste?

What You Should Do With E-Waste?

No one could have predicted the explosion of electronics that has occurred in the last two decades. Nearly everything we do and have contact with, involves the use of electronics. Even simple wristwatches have become mini computers. According to the Consumer Electronics Association "Americans own approximately 24 electronic...

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Greenpeace: HP up, Apple down in green ranks

Greenpeace: HP up, Apple down in green ranks

In its latest Guide to Greener Electronics, released today, Greenpeace points to some significant changes among computer makers in keeping it clean.

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China's toxic tormentor

China's toxic tormentor

ELIZABETH JACKSON: It's amazing what a stir one man can make. A former Chinese journalist travelled around his country and was shocked at the state of toxic spills and air quality. So he set up a small pollution monitoring group and has now found himself being approached by multinational companies asking for help and Chinese companies desperate to be taken off his blacklist.

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Gartner and WWF Assess Low-Carbon and Environmental Leadership in the ICT Industry 2010

Gartner and WWF Assess Low-Carbon and Environmental Leadership in the ICT Industry 2010

The results of an assessment of 28 global information and communication technology (ICT) providers by Gartner, Inc. and WWF Sweden revealed that the ICT industry sees climate change and sustainability as an emerging opportunity. While it identified the emergence of a group of market makers, the industry as a whole fell short of making climate change and sustainability part of its core business.

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Probe: Prison recycle work violated safety rules

Federal prison staff and inmates faced primitive and hazardous working conditions in an electronic waste recycling program that violated more than 30 job safety requirements, according to a government report released Thursday.

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E-waste return scheme set for Sept

Plans flagged almost a year ago to force manufacturers to enable the recycling of computer equipment are set to come into force late next year.

Legislation for a mandatory e-waste take-back scheme is flagged for consideration in July following a meeting with state and federal ministers late last week.

Greenbox wins iAward

Greenbox Systems has been made a finalist at the 2010 National iAwards after being recognised by industry peers at the QLD 2010 AIIA iAwards.

Reuse IT to Promote Sustainability, Efficiency

As many school kids know, the 3Rs – reduce, reuse, recycle – are the fundamental building blocks for protecting the environment. Of course, the order is important. For instance, reducing energy use – convincing my teenagers to take shorter showers or turn off a light once in a while – has more “green” benefits than recycling.

The second R – reuse – has just as much potential to limit environmental impact and cut costs. As data centers regularly upgrade to keep pace with the latest technology, the question inevitably arises – “what do we do with the old gear?”

Fake Recyclers Profit Off E-Waste

Recycling your electronic waste is a noble idea, but here's the dirty little secret: even if you drop off your old electronics for recycling, it may never get recycled.

It might look like just an old TV, but it contains all the ingredients for an environmental time bomb

ALONG with the ubiquitous broken armchairs and old mattresses, millions of unwanted televisions are now jostling for footpath space on hard-waste collection days.

But unlike most other discarded household goods, these televisions - many of which are still working but have been superseded by high-definition flat-screens - are loaded with toxic chemicals that, once dumped in landfill, become an environmental time bomb.

Your old mobile is a goldmine

AUSTRALIANS dumped more than 16 million television sets, computers and accessories into landfill in just one year, and as many old mobile phones lie dormant in cupboards across the country.

We love gadgets to the tune of $5 billion a year, but this is increasing the rate at which we ditch old favourites.

E-waste2010 South Pacific Regional E-waste Workshop - 21 July 2010, Brisbane Australia

Griffith University is hosting E-waste2010 South Pacific Regional E-waste Workshop to be held in Brisbane, Australia on 21 July 2010. E-waste2010 is sponsored by the Brisbane City Council, The Department of Environment and Resource Management, Close the Loop Limited, Boliden Mineral AB and the Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association and is supported by the United Nation's Solving the E-waste Problem (StEP) Initiative, the Secretariat of the Basel Convention, the Australian Information Industry Association, Product Stewardship Australia and the Consumer Electronics Suppliers' Association.

E-Waste in a Digital World

Electronic waste, techno-trash and dead TVs. It’s proliferating fast, but we love our electronic devices and they generally serve us well. Most of the time.

They offer convenience and pleasure, increase productivity, maximise connectivity, and generate desire, however, they can also contribute to a range of environmental problems. Poor energy efficiency, toxic materials, short product life, and solid waste to landfill, are but a few issues. While the Greening of ICT and consumer electronics is picking up speed with much eco-innovation taking place, it is becoming obvious that industry is leading the way. OEMs, brands and suppliers are short-circuiting the design process to deliver better environmental performance.

National Television and Computer Product Stewardship Scheme

At the Environment Protection and Heritage Council (EPHC) meeting on 5 November 2009, Environment Ministers' agreed, following consideration of a regulatory impact statement, that the Australian Government would, under the new product stewardship legislative framework, implement regulation to support an industry-led scheme that will collect and recycle end of life televisions and computers.

SU Qld and Greenbox eWaste Partnership

SU Qld and Greenbox are proud to announce a new eWaste partnership for Queensland schools to aid the continued delivery of SU chaplaincy programs, camps, SU schoolies events and youth-at-risk programs.

Winter Olympic medals made from recycled e-waste

When Olympic champions are crowned at this year's winter games in Vancouver, these elite athletes will be taking home more than just gold, silver or bronze medals—they will be playing a role in Canada's efforts to reduce electronic waste. That's because each medal was made with a tiny bit of the more than 140,000 tons of e-waste that otherwise would have been sent to Canadian landfills.

Local councils split on e-waste curb-side collection bans

Local councils across Australia are split on whether to ban curb-side collection of electronic waste to keep toxic chemicals out of landfill two months after the Federal Government announced a national recycling scheme.

Ewaste: the modern day gold mine!

Ewaste, the modern day gold mine!

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Australia: Less Waste, More Resources

Australia: Less Waste, More Resources - Government Moves to Tackle Growing Waste Mounds
First National Waste Policy Released for Almost 18 Years
Article by Claire Smith and Janice Lim

Electronic waste in Australia – A growing problem

Electronic waste in Australia is currently growing at over three times the rate of general municipal waste. Computers and televisions are a growing component of this problem according to the Shore Regional Organisation of Councils.

Indonesia refuses illegal eWaste dump

"The Basel Action Network (BAN), an environmental watchdog organization, reported today that it had successfully prevented nine sea-going containers of hazardous electronic waste from a Massachusetts business calling themselves a recycler from being exported and delivered to Indonesia in contravention of the international treaty on hazardous waste known as the Basel Convention and Indonesian law. The action was made possible due to a tip by BAN to the Ministry of Environment in Indonesia.

Greenbox Receives Industry Award

Greenbox Systems has been recognised by industry peers at the Australian Computer Society’s Queenslands ICT Awards Presentation Gala Dinner on the 30th of March.

Where do all the notebooks go?

With the mobility trend in full swing, the channel must consider the environmental impacts.

Proper IT Asset Disposal Can Cut Costs, Risk

The lifecycle of computer equipment at most enterprises has a lifecycle of just a few years. Rapid advancements in processing power and exponentially increasing demands for data storage can result in IT hardware becoming obsolete on a fairly regular basis.

Twelve Answers to Your Green IT Questions

The time has come for CIOs to get with green. But if you need help in figuring out how to make your IT operations more environmentally friendly, this article will provide you some help. Here are the answers to 12 fundamental questions around green IT

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