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Intel to eliminate toxic lead from its microprocessor chips

11/21/2007 - (NaturalNews) Intel Corp. has announced plans to stop using lead as a soldering agent in its microprocessors. Lead is a chemical element with widespread industrial use. It is particularly useful as a semiconductor, due to its specific electrical and mechanical...

Apple Computer gets failing grade on toxic chemicals, e-waste recycling

5/25/2007 - (NaturalNews) Apple Inc. has been ranked worst among 14 leading electronics manufacturers in a new Greenpeace survey that evaluated companies based on their use of toxic chemicals and commitment to recycling obsolete products. Toxic waste arising from...

New U.N. alliance to address global e-waste problem

3/19/2007 - An alliance between three U.N. agencies, 16 businesses and several government agencies and universities has been formed to create global guidelines for the disposal of electronic waste. The project, called Solving the E-waste Problem (StEP), will be...

When old electronics meet their end, much ends up becoming toxic waste in China

2/8/2007 - (NaturalNews) Old computers and other used-up appliances are creating polluted environments in Asia, the final resting place for much of the world's electronic goods, reports the China Daily newspaper. Known as "e-waste," more than 75 percent of televisions,...

E-waste from advanced nations creating toxic dumping grounds in Asia, Africa

11/29/2006 - (NaturalNews) According to new United Nations (UN) report, the world's richest nations are dumping hazardous electronic waste on poor African countries. The head of the UN's Environment Program (Unep), Achim Steiner, was recently in Nairobi and said that...

Dell launches free e-waste recycling program covering all Dell computers

6/29/2006 - (NaturalNews) In 2004, Dell began offering free recycling for old computers to customers who bought a new Dell unit, but on Wednesday the company announced it would begin taking any Dell-branded hardware for recycling free of charge by the end of 2006. "We...

As e-waste problem grows, Dell and other PC makers eliminate toxic chemicals from computers

6/26/2006 - (NaturalNews) A nine-country survey conducted for Greenpeace by Ipsos-Mori shows that PC consumers would be willing to pay nearly $200 extra for a computer containing fewer chemicals. The study corresponded with a recent move by Dell to gradually eliminate...

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