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Old business computers and electronics shouldn’t end up in the trash—they deserve a responsible send-off. Whether you’re recycling, donating, or selling them to an old computer buyer, taking the right steps can protect your data and the environment. Here are five tips to handle e-waste the right way.

COMPANY NEWS: RICOH AUSTRALIA, a leading provider of smart workplace technology, today announced that it has appointed Close The Loop, the world’s largest recycler of print consumables, as its consumables recycling partner of choice in Australia.

GUEST OPINION:  Items people mistakenly believe can be recycled, rotten and otherwise wasted food that emits greenhouse gases, and abandoned TVs and computers with toxic substances. It's the stuff that Victoria's mountains of landfill are made of. The amount of waste Victorians generate is expected to grow, harming human health, the environment, and the climate, to say nothing of economic growth.

GUEST INTERVIEW: iTWire talks to Stacy Wolff, Global Head of Design and Sustainability, Personal Systems at HP. We discuss industry trends, A.I. and where the industry is going.

Zolo, an e-waste recycling company , has launched an "Australian-first” solution, Zolo Single Touch, streamlining e-waste recycling.

GUEST OPINION: Going green is no longer just a catchphrase; it has become an increasingly mainstream and integral aspect of conducting business. Organisations should be doing everything they can to help the environment across their operations – such as installing solar panels on their buildings, recycling plastic packaging, using electric vehicles, and more – to promote and drive legitimate climate action.

Electronic waste and tech recycling company Zolo has announced the launch of its Sustainable Tech Recycling program for businesses.

When Lisa Saunders and her husband Adrian were upset by continually seeing piles of rubbish around town they realised they needed to be the change they wanted to see in the world, and Arnies Recon was born, to help people with frictionless, free tech recycling.

Australia’s national science agency CSIRO has unveiled its latest innovations in recycling including smart bin technology to automatically sort plastic, metal and glass.

Seven Canberra-based startups have received between $10,000 and $30,000 in matched funding in the latest Innovation Connect round.

Taiwanese PC maker Acer has launched both a new Plastic Pandemic Report, along with a new Green PC, noting over half of Australians are "unaware of the severity of the plastic pandemic that we are facing," although in better news, "people are keen to make positive changes: 96% of those surveyed are concerned about the impact that their individual plastic consumption has on the environment."

The James Dyson Award 2021 winners have been announced, as once again, inspirational technologies that will make a real difference to lives and the planet have been unleashed. As you'll see below, the ingenuity of the inventions by the award entrants is outstanding - and for the first time, there are three global winners, with each receiving AUD $55,000 in prize money to support the next stages of their inventions. 

One year on from announcing its climate change ambitions, Telstra has announced a raft of new commitments to manage its resources more efficiently including a promise to use only renewable or recycled materials in branded packaging by the end of next year.

Thales and Veolia have joined forces to create the first eco-designed SIM card made from recycled plastic.

The Australian Labor Party has poured scorn on the digital business announcement made by Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Tuesday, claiming that the PM was "there for the media drop, the photo op, the re-packaged media drop, and the re-announcement, but never there for the follow-up".

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has established a $15 million fund to support research that aims to address end-of-life issues for solar PV panels, as well as increasing their efficiency and lowering their cost.

Australia's government-accredited mobile recycling program, MobileMuster, has revealed the significant progress it has made in positive impacting the environment over 21 years with the release of its 2019 Annual Report.

Mobile phone recycling organisation MobileMuster has released new research revealing that 68% of Australians "struggle to get rid of their things, despite 58% no longer using them because they feel attached to them, with old electronic devices and mobile phones high on the list of things people find hard to part with".

Smartphone manufacturer Vivo Mobile has joined the mobile telecommunications industry’s recycling program – MobileMuster – joining Australia’s major mobile handset manufacturers and network providers who work in collaboration to provide a free national recycling program to their customers.

Australia’s national Mobile Muster mobile phone recycling program has recycled 90 tonnes of mobiles and accessories, and the country’s second largest telco Optus says it has already contributed more than four tonnes, or 53,437 handsets and batteries, in 2018.