Eco Button to save on PC power use
by Brian Turner
UK gift and gadget suppliers, ShinyShack, have launched the Eco Button - a USB switch that sends your PC into sleep mode at the switch of a button. It also comes with software that shows how much energy consumption you've saved on - as well as the cost savings you've made. The device comes at a time when energy use by personal computers raises continued concerns. Although many PC's come with ...
Activists condemn Sheikh’s car service 6500 miles from home
by Alan Harten
An unnamed Middle Eastern Sheikh was fortunate enough to purchase the car used by Batman in the new movie The Dark Knight. The Dark Knight which happens to be the word for Bat in Spanish was apparently purchased after shooting ended for £190,000. Such a powerful and exotic vehicle is not cheap to run; it consumes a lot of fuel and needs a lot of regular maintenance to keep it in ...
Consumer Cellular saves 10,000 mobile phones
by Grant Draper
Consumer Cellular has already established itself as a premium recycling company, based in Portland, Oregon, actively promoting it’s mobile phone recycling capabilities, which has expanded rapidly since it’s original introduction. Both old, broke and unwanted mobile phones are currently accepted by the company. Consumer Cellular began their scheme back in October 2007, and has since managed to keep around 10,000 mobile phones from going to a basic landfill, where they won’t ...
Armagh directors disqualified
by Grant Draper
The acting directors of Armagh, Thomas and Bernadette Curran, have been disqualified, due to their current recycling business facing liquidation, exceeding £1 million in debt. The sentence, according to the UK’s Department of Enterprise, for Thomas, 62, and Bernadette, 61, will span across six years, although a reduced sentence may be incurred, due to the couple taking part in a disqualification undertaking to the Department of Enterprise. Both Thomas and Bernadette Curran ...
EBay and Ocado receive green awards
by Grant Draper
EBay and Ocado, two major business models in the UK, and for EBay infact, a worldwide operation, have received awards from the OnLine Green Retail Awards (OLGAs) recently, which was held at Kensington Roof Gardens in London. EBay of course, impressed the judges with it’s impact worldwide, making throwing unused products away, a thing of the past, and creating a recycling for cash marketplace. EBay is currently based in California, and ...
Protecting the environment from e-waste
by Grant Draper
Research in the past has showed that computers, among other items, are one the most hazardous products for consumers to be throwing into landfill, due to materials the components are produced from. The main problem, for instance, monitors, contain cathode ray tubes, which themselves are classed as a hazardous material for the environment, not to mention, the 4-8 pounds that each monitor contains. Of course it’s not the lead that’s the ...
Staples to host Teacher Appreciation Day
by Grant Draper
Staples is doing it’s bit to support teachers, by hosting a Teacher Appreciation Day, which will be held at it’s retail stores across the US. Teachers, according to Quality Education Data, Inc, spend around $475 per annum on equipment used in the classroom. Budgets continue to get tighter and teachers are finding themselves spending more and more of their own cash on materials used within the classroom, to make sure their ...