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

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Jim Lynch is TechSoup's director of green technology (here's the part where I embarrass him — he's also pretty much the man as far as electronics refurbishing and recycling goes). The statistics are similar for mobile phones, except that phones are discarded even more quickly than PCs. spanhidden. spanhidden.

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Mobile for Good: Trends to Watch at Mobile World Congress

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This week, the world is gearing up for mobile's biggest global tradeshow, Mobile World Congress (MWC). Besides being a launch pad for shiny new gadgets, MWC has also been a forum for green technology news, digital inclusion efforts, low-cost smartphones, and other mobile for good innovations. the Open C and the Open II.

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