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Green Technology Summit Heads to Europe (and It's Kind Of a Big Deal)

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but he was also integral to the development of TechSoup's own refurbished computers program. The statistics are similar for mobile phones, except that phones are discarded even more quickly than PCs. greentech electronics waste mobile phone Recycled and Refurbished Computers mobile phones event' spanhidden.

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TechSoup French Partner Leads the Way to Sustainable Tech

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But it's also the second largest mobile phone recycler in France and one of the largest in Europe. ADB also collects and sorts office waste, including ink cartridges and PCs, as well as mobile phones for recycling or reuse in its thrift stores. ADB now collects approximately 180,000 mobile phones per year.

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Hold my calls

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

Technology Review published a survey of the role of mobile technology in the developing economies this past January. Going beyond the merely anecdotal, the article tried to put some metric on the role mobile technology plays in growth in these countries. percent, or around US$12 billion for an economy the size of China.

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