Many U.S. citizens have definite opinions on China's toxicity when it comes to pet food and toys yet are either ignorant or simply don't care that the U.S. dumps a significant amount of waste in the very same country. Recently, the Government Accountability Office uncovered the fact that there is currently no restriction from the EPA on what can be exported to China in the form of waste, even when those items end up in any number of unregulated places or are dismantled by children who can suffer the effects from exposure to harmful materials. The GAO ran a sting of sorts ... Full Story

It's a known fact that many women love to shop. However, they also have a tendency to buy things that don't fit, in the hopes that the snug garment will be the necessary incentive to lose a few pounds. A recent survey showed that 49% of UK women purchase clothes that are too small. Unfortunately, those pounds often do not come off and the shoppers are stuck with items they can't use. Nearly 45% of the women surveyed also confessed to buying shoes that don't fit just because they liked them. It's a good thing that clothing and shoes are recyclable. The survey ... Full Story

Environmental activists joined various businesses at first Dallas' first Green Festival at Dallas City Hall on Saturday. Organisers hoped to encourage residents to create a greener city by presenting information and resources on recycling centres and processes. The Green Festival is just one of many initiatives promoted by the Green Dallas Website, a new venture that has received a great deal of notoriety. Various organisations manned booths offering information on everything from e-waste recycling to carpooling and other environmentally friendly activities. Dallas resident Pamela Navarro is pleased that the city is taking steps to promote a more eco-friendly city. "When you walk down the ... Full Story

The city of Huntsville, Alabama has joined in the environmental revolution to prevent old ink and toner cartridges from going into landfill. As a benefit of the programme, local children will be helped using the proceeds of the scheme. Mayor Loretta Spencer recently introduced the Recycle 2 Break the Cycle Drive at Huntsville City Hall. The drive will benefit The Huntsville Inner City Youth Program and is scheduled to run through December 15. The proceeds from the program will be used by the Inner City Program to help provide at risk students with after-school mentoring, homework support, tutoring, meals, and leadership ... Full Story

Menifee Valley Community Cupboard, a Sun City, California based organisation, has introduced itself as the first site in the region to serve as a drop-off point for the disposal of used electronics. The Sun City Food Bank and thrift store began taking old electronics, often referred to as e-waste. E-waste items may include computers, laptops, computer monitors, televisions, DVD players, VCRs, printers, radios, cell phones and more. The organisation works together with Waste Management, Inc. who pays the Food Bank for each pound of e-waste collected. WMI has also been buying and delivering approximately $100 worth of food to the cupboard's ... Full Story

Cell Phones for Soldiers were able to send out 50,000 pre-paid phone cards recently, thanks to assistance from ReCellular, a Michigan based recycling firm. The not-for-profit organisation collects old cell phones and in turn, sells them to ReCellular, in order to raise funds for U.S. soldiers overseas. This year, ReCellular has processed about 1.4 million phones for the organisation. Gail Bergquist, mother of the teens that founded the charity in 2004, sys that the sale of the phones plus donations allowed the group to send more than 500,000 phone cards to various members of the military who might not otherwise have a ... Full Story

Hopefully, this weekend's electronic waste recycling event won't be the first in Detroit. As with many large cities in the U.S., Detroit, Michigan certainly has its share of unwanted electronics, from computers to laptops to printers through to televisions. The question is: What does everyone do with their unwanted electronics? Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit joined forced with the Oakland County Campus in Pontiac on Saturday to begin collecting electronic waste, also known as "e-waste". Lindsay Chalmers, Director of Business Development for Goodwill, said: "Anything related to a computer, to a PC, in other words it can be a monitor, keyboard, some ... Full Story

"Green" meetings are all the rage these days, from the U.K. to Hong Kong to Los Angeles. Everyone wants to take part in saving Mother Earth and promoting your company's environmental policies into your next seminar or meeting serves several purposes at once - reducing and recycling waste while promoting the company as an ecologically concerned entity. So what's the catch? There may not be one, except that it is important to make sure that the facility at which the event will take place is on board with the company's eco requirements. It's not enough for the site manager to say ... Full Story

Recently, a group of experts began examining the lack of electronic waste recycling sources in Qatar. Currently, there is no viable facility used to recycle e-waste, nor are there any laws that require it. So what happens to used mobile phones, computers and the like? When it comes to electronics resellers and service centres, the environment ministry simply tells them to accumulate the waste. One retailer wanted to know just how long they are supposed to keep it up. No one seems to have a good answer. Sorry to say that because there are no policies or facilities to encourage, or ... Full Story

Canadian based company Absolute Toner Cartridges has announced its product line expansion due to its recent authorization to become a reseller of HP, Dell, and Xerox products. The company will also offer its customers a large inventory of recycled/remanufactured and compatible ink cartridges. Absolute has also introduced a new piece of computerized equipment that refills most ink cartridges, including Sharp, Dell, Samsung, HP, Xerox, Lexmark and Canon black and colour ink cartridges. The new machine is encased in a compact kiosk measuring only 38"L x 64"H x 22"W. The equipment has the ability to refill, clean, test up 4 ink cartridges ... Full Story

California based company Cartridge World has announced the appointment of a new Chief Executive Officer. Tom Fricke, former executive for The Home Depot and other Fortune 500 companies in the U.S., will take over the reins of the fastest growing ink cartridge refiller with the aim of escalating the company's standing in the $80 billion printer cartridge industry. Additionally, Fricke will work closely with the company's franchisees and continue to cultivate growing global markets. "Tom Fricke is a proven leader and an energetic and versatile senior operating executive. We are thrilled that he has taken on this new role to strengthen ... Full Story

The Ocean County Library in Ocean City, New Jersey has announced its participation in a fundraiser to benefit the national Cell Phones for Soldiers programme. To assist the programme, the library has begun to distribute postage-paid envelopes to its 17 branches so that patrons can ship unwanted cell phones to the Massachusetts based organisation. Cell Phones for Soldiers is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organisation that collects and resells used cell phones to benefit U.S. soldiers stationed overseas. The organisation sells the donated phones to ReCellular, Inc., which refurbishes and recycles the handsets. For each donated cell phone, a soldier will receive approximately ... Full Story