Environmentally focused companies, such as Marriott and GlaxoSmithKline, are taking a hard-line approach to e-waste management, investing time and money to ensure that every piece of obsolete technology is recycled or refurbished in an environmentally appropriate manner, not dumped in a landfill is China.

BRUSSELS, -- The iPhone maker is one of 10 mobile phone companies that announced plans today to support micro-USB chargers in an attempt to curb electronic waste.

ARLINGTON, Va. -- A series of white papers released by the Telecommunications Industry Association offer OEMs a guide to the environmental requirements and restrictions for different markets around the globe.

IT professionals have become good environmental and privacy stewards during the past 10 years -- on paper. Corporate policy now generally reflects the fundamental tenets of good electronics stewardship. Yet, how is it possible that a majority of e-waste still is being exported to developing countries, according to most estimates?

MADISON, Wis. -- Senate Bill 107 must now clear the Assembly and get approval from the governor before becoming law. The move could bring the number of states with e-waste recycling laws to approximately 20.

Think that solar power can't power data centers? Think again. i/o Data Centers, an IT infrastructure provider in Phoenix is in the process of deploying a massive array of solar panels that will generate up to 4.5 megawatts of electricity to help power its giant data center.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- The long-awaited digital TV transition began today, leaving millions of Americans without a signal unless they secured a set-top converter box. That could leave behind heaps of unwanted analog TVs that some manufacturers are ill equipped to recycle.

Think virtualization in a data center, and you most likely think of the latest generation of multi-core chips, such as Intel's recently released Nehalem-EX processor, which comes with eight cores a a whopping 2,300,000,000 transistors. But the future of green data centers may be in the opposite end of the spectrum, with server clusters built using many small, power-efficient processors.

By using ambient electromagnetic radiation, Nokia thinks it can enable cell phones to draw power from the air by 2013, meaning millions of phone chargers would no longer need to be manufactured.

ROUND ROCK, Texas -- With the addition of new programs across the United States, there are now more than 1,400 Goodwill sites for individuals to drop off and brand of unwanted or broken electronics for safe disposal.

A new report from the Basel Action Network calling out an electronic waste recycler for misleading practices highlights how complicated and potentially risky the e-waste collection issue can be for companies and other groups.

HAMPTON, N.H. -- In the first-ever corporate sustainability benchmarking report from Technology Business Research, Dell scored highest, with BT and IBM coming in a distant second and third, respectively.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- The Indiana e-waste law forces manufacturers to take responsibility for the collection and recycling of their products. Manufacturers of video display devices, such as TVs and computer monitors, must register with the state by April 2010.