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Green IT Accreditation Goes International

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The big green IT news this week is that the program has now expanded to 40 countries (PDF) worldwide including Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Taiwan, and the 27 countries of the European Union. EPEAT is essentially the only green IT product accreditation program in the world.

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A NetSquared Happy Holidays

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Porto Alegre, Brazil: Evento De Design De Aplicativos Para Celular. Taipei, Taiwan: 民眾、社群與 NGO 的協作:飲水地. Guatemala City, Guatemala: #Tecday2015 del #CampusTec. Friday, December 11 and Saturday, December 12, 2015. Asia and Pacific Rim. Tuesday, December 8, 2015. Image : Doxieone / CC BY-NC-SA.

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Snapshot of Worldwide Electronics Recycling 2013

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In Taiwan, the recycling rate for IT equipment and appliances combined is 82. Four countries in Latin America now have e-waste laws or rules: Costa Rica, Colombia, Peru, and Brazil. Asia is also a good news-bad news story. On the one hand, three countries have the highest electronics recycling rates in the world. Latin America.