Now that the e-waste collection day is over, there is no reason to stop ensuring that your electronic waste is always recycled in a responsible manner. This is NOT placing it outsideyour home for some curb collectors to pick up. Those items are often roughly stripped, exposing people to toxic chemicals, then dumped in nature. On Saturday the Electronic Waste Association of … [Read more...]
E-cycling made easy!
Electronic waste, e-waste, refers to electronic devices which have reached the end of their life cycle. They might be broken, outdated or otherwise no longer useful and therefore discharged. This waste can cause serious damage to the environment if not treated in an appropriate way. In Paarl there is a social enterprise called ECYCLE, who offers a way to safely recycle any … [Read more...]
Green electronics registry adds printers & copiers
Electronics companies that make energy-efficient printers and scanners that are free of toxic materials are likely to get a boost in sales, thanks to EPEAT opening up its product registry to include imaging equipment. EPEAT, a worldwide registry for greener electronics, announced its expansion beyond computers and displays on Monday. The registry will now include copiers, … [Read more...]
eWasa chairman recognised
Keith Anderson, a 2012 IT Personality Award finalist, was presented with the ICT Social Responsibility Award for his outstanding pro bono work to promote responsible disposal and recycling of electronic waste in SA. The award is presented by the Computer Society of SA (CSSA), in association with ITWeb, Gartner Africa and GIBS, and was handed to Anderson at the CSSA … [Read more...]
E-Waste collection now country-wide
It is imperative to correctly dispose of the ever increasing mound of e-Waste which is generated by our fast-moving technological society. The Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA) and the locally established e-waste handlers and recyclers e-Waste Alliance (eWA), “re-“ and DESCO are going all-out this year to launch the first ever co-ordinated nationwide … [Read more...]
‘Bio Computer’ Blends Tech & Organic
Self-described geek, Mike Schropp, built his own ‘bio computer’ in his basement to grow his own wheatgrass. Mike used various donated computers that he was able to disassemble to cobble together a working computer for his project. He had been looking for a project that allowed him to join his passion for technology with something organic, while allowing him to create a … [Read more...]
Keeping e-Waste out of Cape Town landfills
The e-Waste Alliance (eWA), together with the Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA) is delighted to announce its third public e-Waste Collection Drive that will be taking place on Saturday 24 September 2011. In a bid to substantially reduce hazardous e-Waste getting landfilled, the public is encouraged to bring any type of e-Waste to the offices of … [Read more...]
One small step for man in bamboo socks
I've been reading about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, an area larger than the US, where abandoned fishing nets, plastic bath toys, computers and plastic pellets wash around endlessly, and wondered if I would find my odd socks and lost pens there. Or perhaps Steve Jobs had charitably combined the talents of Apple and Pixar Studios with global MacBooks animating socks and pens … [Read more...]
Kalahari goes green with e-waste & second-hand offers
'Consumers can now buy the latest electronics online, and also earn while re-using and recycling their electronic waste. Unwanted gadgets quickly get relegated to the back of the cupboard in favour of newer models or even worse, end up in the gadget graveyard contributing to the 100,000 tons of e-waste that South Africa generates annually. Make some extra cash in time for the … [Read more...]
E-waste loses a champion
Anyone who knew Gerry Newson (24 June 1947 - 8 February 2010) well was in admiration of his remarkable ability to overcome the deepest threat to life - the destruction of the planet - with his work in hands-on recovery and re-use of electronic waste. This whilst battling the ravages of cancer for the past nine years. Gerry remained throughout his challenges, undaunted and … [Read more...]
Heart shopping for abundance
Heart currency fosters generosity and abundance, alleviates poverty, builds community and is good for the environment. This was how Dawn Pilatowicz explained the Cape Town Talent Exchange on the documentary 'Talents Accepted Here.' All these characteristics are lacking so often in the world of greed currency, otherwise known in South Africa as Rands and cents. My experience … [Read more...]
Enslaved to my PC
This poem titled 'Enslaved to my PC' by W Miles won the South African Writers Circle's (SAWC's) Save the Planet poetry competition. mouse, blogs, Twitter and iPods nature thrives outside my pane Then robbers came and ruined it all I was left to emerald kikuyu tingling underfoot, beetles, bird call and butterfly wild Jasmine blooms scent thrills through my … [Read more...]
Dump art with a message
Using waste to save the planet, Heather Green's E!urika jewellery and corporate gift business transforms discarded computer parts into art with a message. Inspired by Jerry Newson, who set up an e-waste section at the footprints eco centre and now heads up a dedicated e-waste depot in Maitland, Heather sources only discarded components that cannot be used for refurbished … [Read more...]
