Green Technology

A "hotel" in Madrid has been built completely from waste materials.

Showing both what can be done to re-purpose items and potentially how dirty beaches are the "... walls of the Beach Garbage Hotel ... made of materials found in landfills, the beaches and even flea markets ..."

" ... created the Beach Garbage Hotel because the oceans of our planet are the biggest garbage dump ... 30-40% of the objects used for the hotel were found on the beaches of Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Spain ..."

The temporary "hotel" closes soon (Jan 23rd) so book soon if interested!

Via:  Huffington Post LINK

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The Motorola Citrus is one green cell phone.  Showing that consumers want green items the phone advertises an “eco-friendly design that is carbon free and made in part with 25% recycled plastic”  If you want / need a cell phone why not look for one that allows you to consider the individuals impact on the environment.

“ carbon free through a partnership with carbonfund.org; eco-friendly packaging” are also noted.

Less waste in packaging, lower toxic materials add up to a more environmentally friendly product.

Via:  Motorola  LINK

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... "For 2009, Motorola is purchasing more than 78 million kilowatt hours (kWh) of Green-e certified renewable energy certificates (RECs), generated from wind-power sources. This represents 20 percent of the company’s U.S. electricity purchases. Motorola is buying the RECs from NativeEnergy that support the Langdon Wind Facility in North Dakota. " ...

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Motorola's W233 Renew is " ... made from plastics that contain recycled water bottles and is the first certified Carbonfree® cell phone on the market. ... offset the energy to manufacture, distribute and operate the phone by investing in renewable energy sources and reforestation.  ... 100% of the Motorola W233 Renew's phone housing is recyclable. ..." 

" ... packaging, ... reduce its size by 22 percent and the box and all of the materials inside are printed on 100 percent post-consumer recycled paper. ... a postage-paid recycling envelope in box makes it easy to return your previous mobile phone for recycling at no cost."

Via:  Motorola  LINK

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You've got Junk Electronics ?!?

Who doesn't have some stuff squrreled away in closets, the basement or the garage?

Ah .... but What to do about it?

>>> See below for some easy ways to recycle that old Sony Walkman and Motorola cell phone from the '80s...  

 Some of the major electronics manufactures are making it easier to recycle rather than toss in the land fill ... and pollute ...

"... makers, in their quest for the fastest, coolest .... devices, have never given much thought to environmental issues, says Barbara Kyle, national coordinator of the Computer TakeBack Campaign, an advocacy group. Not surprisingly, their products are often chemical-laden, power-sucking nightmares, she says."

"Now, for the first time, almost every major PC and electronics maker is trying to change that, says Zeina Al-Hajj, an environmental campaigner at Greenpeace."

"... new green initiatives. Dell (DELL) ... announced a plan to become "the greenest technology company," by beefing up its recycling program and building more Earth-friendly PCs. .... Apple (AAPL) made a similar pledge to become "greener." Panasonic has taken the lead out of its plasma TVs. Motorola (MOT) made its cellphone chargers energy-efficient. Sun Microsystems (SUNW) has even begun posting the amount of electricity it uses in each of its office parks, by month, on the Internet."

"Some of the biggest, ongoing nationwide recycling programs:"

Apple: Apple iPods, any cellphone, any PC with purchase of an Apple computer (restrictions)
Dell: All Dell products, any PC with the purchase of a Dell computer
Hewlett-Packard: HP print cartridges, any PC ( for a fee)
Lenovo: Any PC (for a fee)
Motorola: Any phone

Via:  USA Today  Link 

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