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Ellen and Oprah are Joyful in the December Issue of “O” | Small Screen Scoop

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“The Mentalist” to Air on TNT in 2012 | Small Screen Scoop

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Reality TV School is the New College | Small Screen Scoop

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Guess the Gossip Girl Threeway | Small Screen Scoop

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United Kingdom Talk Video Saturday 7th November 2009

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You’ll Be Pleased to Meet Pannonica Rothschild - “The Jazz Baroness” | Small Screen Scoop

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Our Review of the ANTM Contestants Left in the Competition | Small Screen Scoop

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Knight Rider was All Over my TV Last Night | Small Screen Scoop

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“Subtle Sexuality” Dance Moves | Small Screen Scoop

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Jon Gosselin Girlfriend Hailey Glassman Subpoenaed by TLC | Snark Food

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Oprah Not Planning on Moving to Cable - Yet | Snark Food

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Rihanna Speaks About Night Chris Brown Attacked Her | Snark Food

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Season Six LOST Preparation videos

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Suicide Prevention Groups Target 'The Office'

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The Digital TV Switch Causes 70% Rise in E-Waste

We worried about the rise in dumped TVs when the switch to digital in the US occurred back in June. The UK is also switching to digital and figures show a frightening rise in dumped TVs, rising by 70% in the past year, with over half of them being upgradable. But they were dumped instead. As more areas switch to digital over the next two years, including London, just how much more of an impact can we expect, and can citizens be convinced that they don't need to dump their TVs at all?

The Guardian reports that the digital switch happened yesterday in the north-west of England. "This year, the council has recycled 50,000 analogue TVs thrown away by households, of which 30,000 could have been upgraded to receive digital TV signals with a simple £20 set-top box."

As in the US, most TVs don't need to be replaced - only a new box is needed. Yet many consumers are upgrading to new TVs anyway. Simon Birch, who is investigating the environmental impact of the digital switchover for Ethical Consumer magazine, blames Digital UK for the crush of discarded TVs, saying it isn't doing a good enough job telling consumers that they don't have to toss their televisions.

The eco-impact of televisions is under debate, though, as the Energy Saving Trust notes that a TV with a built-in digital tuner requires only one power supply and can save £7 and 20kg of carbon each year compared with an equivalent analogue TV combined with a set-top box.

However not factored in is the environmental cost of recycling a television, or worse, seeing it head to landfill, or worst, seeing it head to e-waste dumps in developing nations. In the US, only about 18% of the 23.9 million toxic CRT TVs thrown out in 2008 were recycled. And Sarah Westervelt, a Basel Action Network official, said about 80% will actually be shipped abroad to be "recycled" in China and Africa - and that is a violation of provisions of the Basel treaty that ban the shipment of toxic waste from the rich countries to poor ones. The same problems are to be expected in the UK, where e-waste in landfills is already a significant problem.

Over the long run, it is likely better to have an extra set-top box and not a new TV. It's just a matter of actually telling people this, and encouraging them to keep what isn't broken.

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/11/the-digital-tv-switch-causes-70-rise-in-electronic-trash.php?dtc=th_rssWe worried about the rise in dumped TVs when the switch to digital in the US occurred... more