Green Tech: Find the Greenest Laptop or Recycle your Old Gadgets for Money
source: http://blog.laptopmag.com/happy-40th-earth-day-reduce-reuse-recycle
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The choices you make when buying, using, and getting rid of your tech can also have an impact on the environment and your personal carbon footprint. Lucky for you LAPTOP Magazine made it easy to make greener choices.
http://blog.laptopmag.com/happy-40th-earth-day-reduce-reuse-recycle
Reduce
Drawing power for our laptops is a necessary aspect of life, but some are better at power efficiency than others. The more efficient, the less energy used, the greener you are. Plus, a lower energy bill is its own reward. In our annual Green Choice Awards we tested 21 netbooks and notebooks to determine overall eco-friendliness, including the amount of watts they gobble. Click to see which systems get the green star.
http://www.laptopmag.com/mobile-life/green-choice-awards-2010.aspx
Reuse
When you no longer use or need that old notebook, MP3 player, or mobile gadget, what can you do with it? If you can’t or don’t want to give it away to someone you know, consider trading in your old tech for discounts on new purchases, gift cards, or even cash. Many of the programs that accept older, gently-used technology resell, refurbish, or repurpose it, giving the gadgets you no longer want a second life and keeping them out of a landfill. Click below to find programs for trading in your laptop, mobile phone, and other gadgets.
http://blog.laptopmag.com/ready-set-recycle
http://blog.laptopmag.com/how-to-recycle-mobile-gadgets
Recycle
If your laptop or other gadgets are too old to earn you some cash, you should still send them off for proper recycling. The components and/or batteries inside might contain harmful chemicals best kept from landfills. Most of the trade-in programs for laptops and other tech will also take recyclables for no fee. Either drop them off at a designated location near you or get a pre-paid envelope or mailing label so you can ship it from home.
And if you’ve got some batteries to dispose of, be sure you’re doing it properly. Some can go in the trash, but others should be sent off for recycling, too.
http://blog.laptopmag.com/battery-disposal-done-right
http://blog.laptopmag.com/happy-40th-earth-day-reduce-reuse-recycle
Reduce
Drawing power for our laptops is a necessary aspect of life, but some are better at power efficiency than others. The more efficient, the less energy used, the greener you are. Plus, a lower energy bill is its own reward. In our annual Green Choice Awards we tested 21 netbooks and notebooks to determine overall eco-friendliness, including the amount of watts they gobble. Click to see which systems get the green star.
http://www.laptopmag.com/mobile-life/green-choice-awards-2010.aspx
Reuse
When you no longer use or need that old notebook, MP3 player, or mobile gadget, what can you do with it? If you can’t or don’t want to give it away to someone you know, consider trading in your old tech for discounts on new purchases, gift cards, or even cash. Many of the programs that accept older, gently-used technology resell, refurbish, or repurpose it, giving the gadgets you no longer want a second life and keeping them out of a landfill. Click below to find programs for trading in your laptop, mobile phone, and other gadgets.
http://blog.laptopmag.com/ready-set-recycle
http://blog.laptopmag.com/how-to-recycle-mobile-gadgets
Recycle
If your laptop or other gadgets are too old to earn you some cash, you should still send them off for proper recycling. The components and/or batteries inside might contain harmful chemicals best kept from landfills. Most of the trade-in programs for laptops and other tech will also take recyclables for no fee. Either drop them off at a designated location near you or get a pre-paid envelope or mailing label so you can ship it from home.
And if you’ve got some batteries to dispose of, be sure you’re doing it properly. Some can go in the trash, but others should be sent off for recycling, too.
http://blog.laptopmag.com/battery-disposal-done-right
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We encounter the word 'green' more frequently these days as efforts are being made to reach out to people and help them realize that showing how much we care for the environment does not necessarily have to be elaborate. At home, we can recycle/reuse paper or plastic products (http://www.sanantonioshredding.com) , we can even collect broken or old computer microchips and hard drives and bring them to shredding or re-purposing service providers instead of just storing them.
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