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Earth Day 2010: Recycle

Tech Soup

Recycling is such a complex topic, but basically it involves collecting and processing used materials to recover raw materials, which can then be used in the creation of new products. Recycling is, however, much more energy efficient than mining or extracting and processing virgin materials.

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Provide the Nonprofit Voice to America's Broadband Plan

NTEN

Consumers in South Korea and Japan can get broadband speeds reaching 1 Gigabit per second (Gbps) for less than the monthly price a U.S. Establish a better complaint process for companies that break the rules and penalties for violators. Bad policy decisions should be reversed. We should look to other models.

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Snapshot of Worldwide Electronics Recycling 2013

Tech Soup

The WEEE Directive is the set of laws that governs the proper collection and disposal of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) in the 27 countries of the European Union. The latest update of the law is expected to be formally approved in 2014. has a patchwork of laws in half of the U.S.

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Mr. Jim Goes to Washington (and New York, and Nairobi, and Seoul, and Kampala, and Boston…)

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Mainly, it was interesting to hear the perspective of a bunch of fellow tech advisors and be part of a process of collectively getting smarter. law needs to change to comply with the treaty (the hope is that these changes are minimal). Next was two days of Capitol Hill lobbying. The Marrakesh Treaty. Student privacy. Roger Martin).

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