Locking cell phones is anti-consumer and anti-environment
March 5, 2013: Yesterday the White House issued a statement saying it agreed with consumers that we should be able to unlock our cell phones and tablets.
Dell Gets Top Grade on New Repairability Scorecard on Tablet Computers
February 28, 2013: A new repairability scorecard from iFixit, the champions of easy gadget repairs, rates the repairability of the top tablet computers on the market, with a score from zero to ten.
Big Electronics: Bully of the eco-label playground
January 29, 2013 – Something really sinister has just happened related to the EPEAT effort to update the computer standards. It happened on the IEEE’s playground, during recess.
New research shows CFLs and LED light bulbs have higher toxicity and resource depletion than incandescent bulbs
January 15, 2013: CFLs have from three to 26 times higher resource depletion and toxicity potential than incandescents and LED bulbs have two to three times higher potential.
Recyclers Stockpiling Millions of Pounds of Toxic Glass From CRT TVs and Monitors
“…instead of actually sending the toxic leaded CRT glass to proper glass processors, they simply stored this glass on their property or other locations.”
Toshiba – Please Resist Those Cease and Desist Letters
Come on, Toshiba. Show us that you actually mean the words in your Environment Vision 2050 statement, and publish your repair manuals on your own website.
EPA’s voluntary program for “safe management of used electronics” won’t prevent unsafe e-waste exports to developing countries
Sept 20, 2012. While the EPA’s press announcement today called for “Safe Management of Used Electronics,” exporting e-waste to developing countries is anything BUT safe – at least for the workers and residents near the locations where crude, dangerous, “informal” processing occurs.
New Ultrabooks – Ultra Inconvenient if You Need a New Battery
Aug 15, 2012. “While Apple loyalists are accustomed to having to go back to Apple for new batteries (and they have stores that do this while you wait), this will be a brand new inconvenience for most PC laptop users.” Read the new ETBC report on ultrabooks.
Apple rejoins EPEAT, admits quitting was a mistake
We are astonished: Apple claims laptops with glued in battery meet EPEAT standards
Apple Quits EPEAT “Green Electronics” Program
Apple is now the only major computer manufacturer with no products on the EPEAT registry
