Category Archive 'environment'
08.08.10
Relatively speaking, Japan’s refuse classification standard is strict and is careful, including resources trash, inflammable trash, not inflammable trash, dangerous trash, plastic trash, metal trash and thick trash and so on. Is similar with Japan, Sweden’s home scrap classification system is also very perfect. Daily dinner table trash including the food packing, the plastic and the paper packing may recycle, has the blood to have the oil packing to throw in directly mostly the garbage bag, uses in burning down. The envelope cannot belong to the paper class recycling, because has the glue water, must place in the inflammable category.
07.06.10
Of analysts in the insurance committee, told BBC.More than half of consumers are willing to pay slightly more for products developed with the environment, while 22 percent said they are willing to pay 15 percent more.He also says that consumers react to what is considered "green." More than half of respondents stated that they do not know what the environmental
Characteristics of high-tech products amounted to 38 per cent of confusing label of "green".This is not surprising, given the explosion of green claims in the past few years. Taking into account the diversity of what is consideredGreen Technology at CES same – extension cords, which destroys the vampires called for mobile phones from recycled materials – this applies to many
06.06.10
Tools, but in the consumer electronics industry can go a lot more money for "green".Environmental organization Greenpeace, the Agency held a press conference at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Friday to announce the second annual study, entitled "Green Electronics: to continue the search.The good news is that manufacturers are using less hazardous chemicals, such as plastic, PVC,
And more software work to recover. Another positive trend is the use of LED screens for notebooks, which are relatively efficient use of energy less mercury than other technologies.However, many manufacturers must apply the rules EnergyStar energy efficiency and use of recycled materials. It should be consumer electronics companies are also more responsibility for recycling, according to Greenpeace. (Click here
To check the PDF.)Estimates show that the evaluation of individual manufacturers, Greenpeace released in November at CES, and, above all about the environment so far.Curator, electronics assembly, earlier this week the results of studies show that consumers are constantly on the properties of green, as well as manufacturers seek to differentiate products."Buying Green became a factor," said Steve Koening director
06.06.10
And prices EnergyStar energy efficiency, EPEAT covers and other factors, including the amount of toxic materials used in electronics, processing, manufacturing and politician, had been returned, and packaging.Certificate of EPEAT, manufacturers need to fill in the form of the complex, checked EPEAT. In addition, carried out by independent monitoring, and sometimes a third party ", to be fair," according to
Omelchuck. Non-profit and funded by membership dues.Required federal agencies to ensure that 95 percent of its computer equipment was adopted EPEAT. The actual rate of adoption, but little about 13 of the 22 agencies last year, is close to buying 95 percent of the market, according to Sara O’Brien, Director of Communications Green Electronics Council.Said Steve Hoffman, director of strategic
Marketing and initiatives for sustainable development at Hewlett-Packard, which has been adopted EPEAT equipment from corporate customers in 2007, the growth of interest in the computer classification of EPEAT."When outside the public sector, and we see the rise of environmental consciousness," said Hoffman.Green tools to get the average report card at CESConsumers are increasingly demanding better environmental performance in digital
05.06.10
Check EPEAT Green Electronics for the worldGreen Electronics Council said on Monday EPEAT is a system of classification, is currently classified U.S. government agencies and is available for computer equipment, which is sold in other countries.Products approved by the EPEAT – Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool – listed in the registry. I assessed 23 product attributes, which represent recognition of
The environment. This is 1928, as well as optional attributes.Ratings – neither gold, silver, bronze, or – to cover the monitors and desktop computers at that time. The organization, which consists of producers, processors, and human rights groups, is the creation of EPEAT rating televisions, printers, copiers I. In addition, it is expected that in the consumer electronics and servers,
According to executive director Jeff Omelchuck.And the pen to monitor and PC manufacturers will now be available in Canada, Europe, China, Japan, Taiwan, Australia and New Zealand, Brazil and Mexico. Green Electronics Council says that there are currently about 1300 products listed and the participation of 30 producers, representing 60 billion for the purchase of equipment.Ministry of Energy of Employment
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