Sentences with phrase «on electronic waste»

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Electronic receipts can be sent to your customers via email or text message and come with a host of benefits, the most notable being no paper waste on your part.

A group of fourth graders at Ballentine Elementary school in Fuquay - Varina are working on solving one of the world's problems — electronic waste, starting right here in North Carolina.

Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R,C,I - Glenville) today called on legislative leaders to stop wasting time, tax dollars and paper and immediately begin the implementation of Proposition 2 to enable electronic copies of legislation to suffice on all 213 legislative desks.

Not particularly known for its prowess, the Richmond County (Staten Island) party organization is backing de Blasio for a variety of hyperlocal reasons, including the mayor's work to repave the borough's roads, implementation of 24 - hour ferry service, expansion of electronic waste removal, and other factors, according to Chair John Gulino, who called de Blasio «a true champion of Staten Island» in an endorsement statement that also touches on broader themes like crime reduction.

Holuszko, who co-founded UBC's urban mining innovation centre — a unit focused on reclaiming valuable metals and other materials from electronic waste — was determined to find a better recycling solution.

On the downside, their spread also makes a big contribution to electronic waste dumps often found in developing countries.

«And most electronic equipment that's coming on the market is just Windows - based machines with a touch screen attached to it, so it's really a waste to let that equipment sit and not let school kids use it afterwards.»

China and other emerging economies have overtaken Western nations in dumping old electronic goods, from TVs to cellphones, and will lead a projected 33 percent surge in the amount of waste from 2012 to 2017, a U.N. - backed alliance said on Sunday.

From there waste is trucked to cities in mainland China, where electronic parts may be burned off of old circuit boards, washed in a river and dried on city sidewalks.

The European Commission's Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE), in place since 2003, places limits on the amount of electronic equipment allowed to enter the waste stream and requires manufacturers to take back and recycle their customers» used Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE), in place since 2003, places limits on the amount of electronic equipment allowed to enter the waste stream and requires manufacturers to take back and recycle their customers» used electronic equipment allowed to enter the waste stream and requires manufacturers to take back and recycle their customers» used equipment.

One of the first analyses of laws banning disposal of electronic waste (e-waste) in municipal landfills has found that state e-waste recycling bans have been mostly ineffective, although California's Cell Phone Recycling Act had a positive impact on cell phone recycling.

Instead of the traditional wedding invitation suite, send out electronic save - the - dates and invites to cut back on waste and save a pretty penny.

WICHITA, Kan. — The smiling, blissful and confused - looking emojis dotting the electronic landscape may hold the key to ferreting out grade - school children's true feelings about foods, Kansas researchers say, and could help schools across the nation cut down on lunchroom food waste.

To preserve, protect and improve the quality of the environment, protect health and utilise natural resources prudently, the European Union has adopted directives on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) and waste batteries.

«This program provides BlackBerry customers with a cost effective way to upgrade to the latest BlackBerry smartphones and helps reduce the impact on the environment by diverting electronic waste from landfills,» said Christopher Irion, e-Cycle founder and CEO.

On this point, Amazon has said that it will establish a recycling program for the Kindle and its battery by mail to reduce electronic waste.

Thus, it is more efficient to read professional articles, electronic books, and financial newsletters in order to enhance one's proficiency than waste time and resources on errors.

As EA's John Buchanan commented at TGS 2005, when it was revealed that Electronic Arts Los Angeles was on «the cutting edge» of the RenderWare implementation: «For the most part, the understanding is that we want to get ready to innovate and experiment, and in order to do that, we need to stop wasting time by re-inventing a rendering or animation engine.»

«Trash People» a set - up involving a mixture of performance art and installation, and consisting of one thousand life sized people made from crushed cans, electronic waste and other rubbish as his critical commentary on runaway human consumption.

In the push for quick deployment, and quick profits, we have cut corners in many areas (think deep sea drilling, fracking, interstate transit systems, waste handling, tar sands, the threat of [coronal mass ejections] to our electronic and power systems... this could go on...).

A number of provinces are working on measures dealing with electronic waste, which could include batteries.

The RUAF Foundation organises electronic conferences in cooperation with leading international organisations, including E-conferences on: «Urban agriculture, nutrition and health» with UN FAO (Rome); «Integration of urban agriculture into urban land use planning» with UN Habitat (Nairobi); «Productive reuse of organic wastes and wastewater» with IWMI (Sri Lanka); «Urban aquaculture» with Stirling University (Scotland); and «The dynamics of urban food systems» with Wageningen University (the Netherlands).

With IPEN, Speranskaya has worked on several emerging issues, including electronic waste, asbestos pollution, mercury contamination, POPs and more.

Voluntary recycling programs on the part of manufacturers do little good in collecting the millions of pounds of electronic waste generated annually.

Hopefully it will touch on important issues, such as conflict minerals, conflict - free electronics, e-waste around the world and proper electronic waste recycling and the current state of e-waste laws.

Industrial activities currently generate nearly 7.6 billion tons of solid waste in the U.S. each year, 3,000 % of the total municipal waste generated by Americans annually; on the other hand, electronic waste is currently the fastest growing solid waste stream, growing two to three times faster than any other waste stream.

On this point, Amazon has said that it will establish a recycling program for the Kindle and its battery by mail to reduce electronic waste.

«The GAO report paints a picture of electronic waste anarchy in the U.S., with little regulation, no enforcement, and unscrupulous recyclers setting the stage for the U.S. to dump its e-waste on the rest of the world,» said Jim Puckett, Coordinator of the Basel Action Network, a toxic trade watchdog group that first exposed the problems with e-waste export to China in 2002.

Recently California announced that it has engaged the services of a PR firm to conduct a campaign of public service announcements on the subject of electronic waste.

- free movement of goods issues including advice on chemicals law (REACH Regulation), biocides and pesticides law, waste and electrical and electronic equipment law (WEEE, RoHS Directives), fuel directive, toys regulations, amongst others

The Directive creates a regime to reduce the impact on the environment of waste electrical and electronic equipment — hence the acronyms WEEE and EEE.

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