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Green IT Accreditation Goes International

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based EPEAT , the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool, which is a non-commercial program that rates how environmentally friendly new IT equipment is according to three tiers of environmental performance which they mark with bronze, silver, and gold. A bit over a year ago, we talked about U.S.-based

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Snapshot of Worldwide Electronics Recycling 2013

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On the one hand, three countries have the highest electronics recycling rates in the world. In Taiwan, the recycling rate for IT equipment and appliances combined is 82. Africa has a 1 percent recycling rate for mobile phones. Asia is also a good news-bad news story. percent, the highest in the world. Latin America.