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Logitech will put carbon impact ratings on boxes for all its products

Logitech makes PC and mobile accessories including mice, keyboards, speakers, webcams, headsets, chargers, and video conferencing products. In other words, a lot of stuff made from metal and plastic. But the company says it takes sustainability seriously — and one step it plans to take is placing a carbon impact label on the packaging for […]

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2020 Olympic organizers want to make medals from recycled phones

The organizers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games expected to hand out 5,000 medals to winners of Olympic and Paralympic events. And they want to use recycled materials to make those metals. So they’re calling on Japanese residents to donate old smartphones and other gadgets so that the metal from those devices can be recycled. […]

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Fairphone’s 2nd-gen ethically-sourced smartphone coming this summer

Dutch-based Fairphone has big dreams to produce ethically sourced, long-lasting smartphones for environmentally conscious consumers. They have succeeded somewhat by selling all 60 thousand units of the first-generation Fairphone. Now they’re preparing to launch a second model.   This time, with a little more experience under its belt, the company hopes to increase its transparency and use […]

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Old laptop batteries could bring light to developing nations

Millions of computers are discarded every year: the EPA says that more than 30 million laptop and desktop computers were disposed of in 2010, with about 20 million more going to recycling programs. But just because your old laptop isn’t fast enough to handle the latest video games anymore doesn’t mean it can’t be put […]

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Tablet proliferation could save trees… does that make them good for the environment?

Morgan Stanley Research has put out a big report on tablets, looking at their role in the computer market. But the folks at All Things D noticed an interesting sidebar buried in the report: the growing popularity of tablets could lead to a decline in paper use. Here’s the idea: you don’t have to print […]

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Sony Vaio W netbook receives an eco-friendly update

The Sony Vaio W has never been one of the cheapest netbooks. Initially launched with a $499 price tag and a 1366 x 768 pixel HD display, Sony was clearly trying to set the Vaio W apart from the crowd. Now the company has found a new way to do it, by introducing the Sony […]

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Dell goes greenish with bamboo-based packaging for netbooks

Dell has started using bamboo in the packaging for some of its products including Dell Inspiron Mini 10 and Inspiron Mini 10v netboooks. The bamboo will be used instead of foam, while the cardboard boxes that Dell uses to ship the computers is made of 25% post-consumer recycled material. Bamboo is generally considered to be […]

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Are netbooks better for the environment than laptops?

Netbooks are, by there very nature, low power devices. But dos that mean they’re better for the environment than larger computers? Maybe. Maybe not. Treehugger tackles this question today, and came up with a few interesting points. On the one hand, netbooks are smaller than typical laptops, and therefore use fewer materials. They’re more energy […]