http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,2000593576b,00.htm Richard A Johnson's Blog - WEEE (Computer) recycling toolkit - Latest blog feeds at ZDNet UK en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:22:15 +0000 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:22:15 +0000 20 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (R) Although the Green IT agenda seems to have left global centre stage for the time being (economic downturn etc), this initiative looks to have fallen foul of lack of awareness. I'm talking about something called the Greening Government ICT Strategy, devel... zdnetuk/10013227 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10013227o-2000593576b,00.htm Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:34:11 +0100 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (R) They tout themselves as being Computer recyclers and WEEE recycling businesses, but a number of operations within the UK's recycling industry look to involve organised crime. A number of raids carried out by the Environment Agency over the past months ha... zdnetuk/10013191 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10013191o-2000593576b,00.htm Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:05:13 +0100 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (R) We've been using Prodigy Networks as out ISP for over 4 years at both business locations, but last week, BT pulled the plug on the service. Or, to be more precise, BT wholesale pulled the plug on the ISP. In a way, I'm not overly supprised. The ser... zdnetuk/10012505 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10012505o-2000593576b,00.htm Sat, 04 Apr 2009 19:51:57 +0100 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (R) Richard A Johnson IT-Green It's been the bane of my existance since the inception of the WEEE directive in the UK and the Environment Agency continue to fight an uphill battle in trying to prevent it. We're all aware by now of the issue with e-waste ... zdnetuk/10012307 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10012307o-2000593576b,00.htm Mon, 09 Mar 2009 21:05:35 +0000 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (R) Well, we did it. It's been a 3 months slog, but we finally got ATF registration through this week... at a cost of £3500 and many man hours of work. In effect, we went through the hoops of changing planning permission for the site and, once that was com... zdnetuk/10009695 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10009695o-2000593576b,00.htm Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:44:43 +0000 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (R) I guess you could call it a usual day in the office, phone ringing, guys out on a pretty big collection (7.5 tonne truck filled to the brim with old IT hardware) and Kev stripping down perfectly working P4m laptops (contraband customs and Excise seizures)... zdnetuk/10009533 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10009533o-2000593576b,00.htm Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:30:59 +0100 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (R) I've just taken a call from a guy who bought a new system and wanted to use his old PS2 keyboard on his new USB only baseunit. He bought an adapter to convert from PS2 to USB and......... nothing. It won't work- and he's tried it on all sorts of differ... zdnetuk/10009484 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10009484o-2000593576b,00.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:10:05 +0100 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (R) Okay, so my posts have, so far, focused upon the recycling of obsolete e-waste and the associated green side of this initiative. How about the other side of the IT bandwagon, that of green datacentres and greener computing systems. Well, a couple of mon... zdnetuk/10009342 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10009342o-2000593576b,00.htm Fri, 19 Sep 2008 07:25:21 +0100 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (R) Plastics are the scurge of the I.T recycling industry. Unlike all other components of weee (cases, circuit boards, cables and even backup batteries) which can have recoverable materials with residual value, plastics are of such low value that large quant... zdnetuk/10009289 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10009289o-2000593576b,00.htm Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:11:34 +0100 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (R) There's a change of wind in the air. With the CKS Group having just gone into administration this Summer (I undestand an investment of £8 million was made in the latest plant in Cinderford, Gloucestershire) the processing plants will soon be idle, unles... zdnetuk/10009240 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10009240o-2000593576b,00.htm Sat, 06 Sep 2008 13:26:15 +0100