Tag Archives: CSR

Another County Council chooses Camara

By mariea | Published: March 12, 2010
Meath County Council is set to become the ninth local council that has chosen to send its computers for reuse, rather than directly to a recycling plant. Camara, an Irish educational charity, collects redundant computers from organisations, with the aim of refurbishing them and reusing them in African and Irish schools. In donating 28 computers to [...]
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Who knows where that old computer goes?

By Giulia | Published: October 8, 2009
Do you know where your old computer goes? Even if you recycle it in a recognised facility, can you be sure it’s parts are being disposed of properly? Not according to a report from the Basel Action Network (BAN). They estimate than in Nigeria alone 500 containers of used computers, in various states of disrepair, enter [...]
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UN study: Think upgrade before buying a new PC

By eoghan | Published: September 23, 2009
New report finds 1.8 tons of material are used to manufacture desktop PC and monitor A United Nations University study into the environmental impact of personal computers, due to be published later Monday, has found that around 1.8 tons of raw material are required to manufacture the average desktop PC and monitor and that extending a [...]
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