Comments on: My name is Ira and I’m a technoholic https://rose.geog.mcgill.ca/wordpress/?p=10 Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:12:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.10 By: http://rich-niche.info/cookie/img/smilies/happy.gif https://rose.geog.mcgill.ca/wordpress/?p=10&cpage=1#comment-65849 Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:12:41 +0000 /?p=10#comment-65849 nice! [IMG]http://rich-niche.info/cookie/img/smilies/happy.gif[/IMG]

]]> By: Sherry https://rose.geog.mcgill.ca/wordpress/?p=10&cpage=1#comment-43 Wed, 19 Jan 2005 13:43:54 +0000 /?p=10#comment-43 I work for a company (7,000 + employees), who replaces their office computers every 2 or 3 years. At that time, the company will do a random draw to sell the old computers for $100 each to company employees. Great recycling! We also have a corporate discount with Dell for employees.

]]> By: Hannah https://rose.geog.mcgill.ca/wordpress/?p=10&cpage=1#comment-11 Tue, 11 Jan 2005 01:28:01 +0000 /?p=10#comment-11 I’m also not surprised that DELL did not sign up for that new recycling program. I don’t trust that company and would not support them, based on the horror stories I hear from people. My one friend bought a laptop from DELL and it was supposed to arrive before the semester started. It didn’t arrive until three months later!!!

]]> By: Hannah https://rose.geog.mcgill.ca/wordpress/?p=10&cpage=1#comment-10 Mon, 10 Jan 2005 22:29:38 +0000 /?p=10#comment-10 I think this is definitely good news! Making a computer recycling program accessible worldwide is a major step towards reducing a lot of waste. As a point for consideration, will this promote the transportation industry in fuelling more trips to deliver goods worldwide, in turn, polluting through emissions of GHG, and if so, is there a way to get around this problem?

]]> By: Liam https://rose.geog.mcgill.ca/wordpress/?p=10&cpage=1#comment-9 Sat, 08 Jan 2005 22:41:06 +0000 /?p=10#comment-9 An interesting (and only marginally related) thing they did in Alberta (ducks), where I am from, was to add a surcharge of I believe $10-20 on electronics, depending on the size/type, that would go towards recycling/reclaiming those items from the dump. I was pleasantly surprised that even in Alberta, people seemed to feel it was an acceptable price to pay (most of the comments I can remember seeing seemed to be along the lines of ‘well I guess it has to be dealt with somehow’).

E-Waste Fee FAQ

]]> By: sieber https://rose.geog.mcgill.ca/wordpress/?p=10&cpage=1#comment-6 Sat, 08 Jan 2005 17:48:06 +0000 /?p=10#comment-6 You beat me to it. I was about to post today’s AP story in which it’s mentioned. Here’s a link to EBay’s Rethink site. As AP reports, “Roughly 400 million [consumer electronic devices] will be thrown out by 2010.” (via NYTimes)

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