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Snapshot of Worldwide Electronics Recycling 2013

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Just thought I'd take a look at the state of electronics recycling around the world to see how we're doing. Unfortunately, electronics recycling is a comparatively low priority in many countries. This represents the total amount of electronic waste that an average person in the UK is likely to consume in their lifetime.

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Grants for Business Owners: Purpose-Driven Business Models

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Verified business grant s are available for industries like agriculture, electronic manufacturing, mental wellness, green building initiatives, environmental services, and more. Transitioning to a purpose-driven model can be costly, but grants can help cover the expenses of these eco-friendly upgrades. So why not explore grants today?

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Nonprofit Technology News for January 2014

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The annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas just finished up on January 10 th so we thought we’d call out some of the products and trends that we hope are fun and interesting to nonprofit techies. It got a CES 2014 Innovations Award. Several low-cost mass-market 4K TVs debuted at CES 2014, including huge ones.

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Six Things to Know in Nonprofit Technology News

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Read up on "ingestible" electronic pills, cloud storage price wars, how the Star Trek Tricorder has come to life, and more. Electronic Pills: Coming Soon to a Stomach Near You. The ingestible sends an electronic signal to a band aid-like patch on the patient’s skin recording that the patient took the pill.

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Nonprofit Technology News for March 2014

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It’s a change of pace for the monthly nonprofit technology news to lead with non-electronic technology, but what can I do? Tom Musili who runs that incredible NGO to find out what all they’re doing to bring the knowledge economy to school children and electronics recycling to Africa. DoGooder Video Award Winners.

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Green Technology Summit Heads to Europe (and It's Kind Of a Big Deal)

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The European Union (EU) is the largest economy in the world and home to over 500 million people who discard vast numbers of electronic devices each year. million tons of electronic waste. In the United Kingdom alone, the average person will throw away over 3 tons of electronics in his or her lifetime. ICRS Goes to Europe.

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Nonprofit Technology News for April 2014 - The Green Issue

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It provides some insight on why our discarded electronic devices are a problem everywhere. It’s a snippet from a larger infographic called E-Hazards: The Downside of Rapidly Evolving Technology by AlliedHealthWorld.com. It tells the story of the mounting international e-waste situation.