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PORTLAND, Ore. -- By expanding the sales network for the energy efficient and low-toxic computer products to channel resellers, the group behind the green IT rating label aims to help support existing environmental computing goals and make it easier for new companies to board the bandwagon.
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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM -- Three months after launching energy management software to help U.S. consumers cut their PC energy use, Verdiem introduced the free software to the United Kingdom market.
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OAKLAND, Calif. -- ICT could also save the country up to $240 billion from gross energy and fuel savings, according to research from The Boston Consulting Group and The Climate Group released Tuesday. The groups unveiled the U.S. addendum to a previously released report called "SMART 2020: enabling the low carbon economy in the information age," which used a global scope.
A Report on Chemical Contamination at E-Waste Sites
Toxic chemicals are leaching into soil at scrap yards in Ghana as a
result of electronic waste sent to the country from the developed
world, according to this report from Greenpeace.
The report is a project of a team from the nonprofit group, which took analyses
of soil and sediment samples from two scrap yards, one in Ghana's capital of Accra, and one in the city of Korforidua. They found lead in quantities 100 times higher than in normal soil
samples, and the presence of phthalates, which can cause birth defects,
and chlorinated dioxins, which can cause cancer.
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