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IPC launches lead-free certification program - The Association Connecting Electronics Industries (IPC), has launched a certification for RoHS Lead-Free Electronics Assembly Process Capability Pr...

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IPC urges industry to pursue tax credit for Lead-Free R&D - The Government Relations Committee of the Association Connecting Electronics Association (IPC) has a released a white paper, “The Research an...

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RoHS looks at 46 additional substances - We just received notice from RoHS-International that the European Union substance review has drawn up a list of 46 substances for scrutiny. Accordi...

Should suppliers lead the transition to pure tin? - Design Chain Associates, a company that helps manufacturers cope with environmental compliance has released an article from its partner DfR Solutio...

Synapsis offers REACH help - Synapsis Technology Inc. has upgraded its EMARS software to support European Union’s REACH regulation deadlines for manufacturers. The EMARS ...

EIA updates JIG, free REACH guidance - We received some interesting updates from N. Nagaraj, president of Papros, a company that helps manufacturers with environmental compliance.  ...

Guidance notes for REACH released - RoHS-International, a company that helps manufacturers cope with environmental regulations in the electronics industry, has released Simplified REA...

2008 will begin new wave of environmental regulations - In a recent blog from Technology Forecasters Inc., a research firm in Alameda Calif., Harvey Stone, managing director of the Goodbye Chain Group, p...

IPC and JEDEC to hold lead-free conference - IPC and JEDEC will present the International Conference on Reliability, Rework, and Repair of Lead-Free Electronics on March 11-12 in Raleigh, N.C....

Bromine group fires back at Greenpeace over BFRs - According to an article in the Design News sister publication, Electronics Weekly, the Bromine Science and Environmental Forum (BSEF) is question...

Take this survey of RoHS costs and benefits - Technology Forecasters Inc. is conducting a survey on the costs and benefits of the European Union's RoHS directive. Managers are asked to report w...

Greenpeace blasts Nintendo, Microsoft and Philips on low green scores - Greenpeace pointed to Nintendo, Microsoft and Philips as companies that are failing to show any “environmental credentials” in its quar...

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All You Wanted to Know About Computer Recycling

All You Wanted to Know About Computer Recycling

Computer recycling means saving some the parts from the obsolete computers while getting rid of those parts that are toxic in nature. This means that there must be a proper way to recycle the old and obsolete computers, so that we can get rid of them without putting ourselves as well as the environment to harm. [Read more...]
 

Environmental benefits calculator available for evaluating computers

31.10.2007 15:30 - Source: Lead-Free Zone Blog

You can now calculate the environmental benefits of your EPEAT-registered desktop or laptop computer. The Center for Clean Products and Clean Technologies at the University of Tennessee has developed the Electronics Environmental Benefits Calculator (EEBC) to assist institutional purchasers – including those in the Federal Electronic Challenge program – to quantifying the benefits of environmentally sound equipment. The tool is currently designed to evaluate desktop and laptop computers registered with EPEAT.

 

The metrics used to measure the environmental benefits of products include:

 

 

The University of Texas developed the calculator under a cooperative agreement with the U.S. EPA and with support from Abt Associates and Dillon Environmental Associates.

 

The beta version of the calculator is in Excel format, but the EPA plans to make the calculator available soon as a web-based tool.

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