e-waste & Recycling stories - Page 5
Every year, billions of new smartphones, laptops, smartwatches and other high-tech devices are
produced, with billions of others entering obsolescence and being disposed of. These devices contain
multiple potentially hazardous metals and other chemicals, which are harmful to the environment if
disposed of irresponsibly. This ‘e-waste’ also contains recoverable and recyclable materials, giving rise to
organisations specializing in their recovery, repair and refurbishment
Data center operators missing out on energy savings - Supermicro report
Wed, 18th Dec 2019
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clean technologies
The survey found that 86% of businesses don't consider the environmental impact of their facilities to be an important factor for their data centers.
TCO certifications to tackle data center sustainability
Fri, 30th Aug 2019
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datacentre infrastructure
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supply chain
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power / energy
TCO Development aims to curb data centers' rising energy use and CO2 emissions by introducing new sustainability criteria for its TCO Certified IT product mark.
Used device market held back by lack of data security regulations
Thu, 14th Feb 2019
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data protection
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blancco
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e-waste & recycling
A lack of robust data security regulations is causing consumer mistrust and stunting the growth of the used mobile device market, Blancco's study reveals.
Report: Bulk of data centre managers don't care about environment
Fri, 21st Dec 2018
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datacentre infrastructure
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hyperscale
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dc
This week Supermicro released its first annual report detailing the environmental impact of today's cloud-scale data centres.
Golden opportunities for enterprise e-waste reduction
Mon, 10th Dec 2018
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uc
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datacentre infrastructure
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hyperscale
As e-waste volumes surge past 50 million tonnes globally, businesses face pressure to improve technology asset management and embrace recycling efforts.
Data centre operators: It's not just about TCO, think about the TCE
Tue, 21st Aug 2018
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clean technologies
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sustainability
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intel
Co-produced by Intel and in association with NASA, Supermicro has released a short film that highlights the swelling problem surrounding data centres.
The hard question from Lenovo: Is your data centre sustainable?
Tue, 12th Jun 2018
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datacentre infrastructure
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supply chain
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power / energy
Lenovo Data Centre Group's Rob Makin shares how organisations that embrace a green data centre strategy will be the winners long term.
Supermicro reveals latest data centre and cloud solutions
Fri, 11th May 2018
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storage
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uc
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datacentre infrastructure
The result is up to 60% hardware acquisition cost savings, less power consumption and less e-waste during technology refresh cycles.