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Smartphone Encore Challenge Seeks Innovative Reuse Concepts
The International Sustainable Electronics Competition ended in 2013 after inspiring students around the world to consider ways to extend the useful life of electronic devices. Now SEI is happy to...
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Flame Retardants Continue to Ignite Controversy
During Pollution Prevention Week back in September, I wrote a post for the Great Lakes Regional Pollution Prevention Roundtable (GLRPPR) Blog on the environmental and human health impacts of flame...
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Smartphone Encore Challenge Finalists to be Announced in Earth Day Webinar
In a previous post, I wrote about a new electronics-related competition debuted this year: the Smartphone Encore Challenge. The Challenge is a collaboration of Sprint, HOBI International, Brightstar,...
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Smartphone Encore Challenge Winners Announced; UIUC Team Runners Up
In a previous post, I promoted a webinar hosted by Net Impact in which the winners of the Smartphone Encore Challenge would be announced, along with an overview of closed-loop strategies at Sprint. You...
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Reminder: Manuscripts for Special Edition of Challenges Due 12/31/15
Manuscripts are still being accepted for the special issue of the journal Challenges, entitled “Electronic Waste–Impact, Policy and Green Design.” From the issue’s rationale: “Electronics are at the...
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NASA Invests in Innovative Concepts, Including Electronic-recycling Microbes
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) recently announced that 13 proposals had been selected for funding as part of the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program, which...
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2017 iNEMI Roadmap Rollout Webinars
The International Electronics Manufacturing Initiative (iNEMI) regularly produces industry roadmaps. According to the iNEMI web site, “Each edition is a global collaborative effort that involves many...
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Green Chemistry and Biomimicry: A More Sustainable Process for Metal Extraction
A team of chemists from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and Western University in London, Ontario, Canada, have developed a way to process metals without toxic solvents and reagents....
View ArticleDeath by Design Screening, August 22 at Champaign Public Library
On Tuesday, August 22, the Illini Gadget Garage will be hosting a screening of the documentary Death by Design at the Champaign Public Library. Doors will open at 6:30 PM and the film will begin at...
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Researchers Propose Method to Choose More Sustainable Nanomaterials
From the May 1, 2018 edition of Science Daily: “Engineered nanomaterials hold great promise for medicine, electronics, water treatment, and other fields. But when the materials are designed without...
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