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...online retail sales of consumer electronic goods in Europe was about €6.8bn...that sold the six most popular electronic goods in the EU - digital cameras...good and bad websites selling electronic goods. The sweep investigation... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/09/10/237662/half-of-online-retailers-are-breaking-the-law.htm

...environment during the manufacturing stage, while the products are being used and especially during disposal. Many electronic goods can be illegally dumped in Africa and Asia. The toxic chemicals in many of them can harm the people who search the... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/07/28/237065/weak-excuses-of-games-console-makers-over-toxic-chemicals.htm

...electronic waste: United Nations Environment Programme estimates that up to 50 million tonnes of waste from discarded electronic goods is generated annually. Cut down on upgrades and we cut down on e-waste. Of course we have firmware upgrades... http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/it-fud-blog/2007/07/can-we-cut-down-ewaste-with-up-1.html

...A UK court has ordered an eBay scammer to pay back over £100,000 to people that he duped into buying defective electronic goods. Jonathan Hartley, who was jailed last year for 18 months for fraud, was yesterday ordered by the Preston Crown... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/05/19/236091/jailed-ebay-scammer-ordered-to-pay-100000-compensation.htm

...Electronic Equipment directive has now added to the environmental mix, setting out responsibilities around recycling of electronic goods. Catch our latest environmental coverage here. Research shows lack of readiness for WEEE directive Do you... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/01/05/218349/environmental-issues-climb-the-it-agenda.htm

...a container with similar TVs and shipped, without being tested to see if it worked. It is illegal to export broken electronic goods under EU legislation. Greenpeace followed the complete e-waste trafficking route by hiding a tracking device... http://www.computerweekly.com/galleries/234922-1/Searching-dumps-for-components-to-sell.htm

...European-based competition for Taiwanese chip makers such as TSMC and UMC could lead to lower-cost PCs and other electronic goods. Heading up Globalfoundries is chief executive Doug Grose, former head of manufacturing operations at AMD... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/03/04/235122/amd-chip-making-spin-off-launches-as-globalfoundries.htm

...keep workers salaries at 2008 levels to help the company recover from losses due to falling demand for PCs and other electronic goods. Managers' pay will drop by up to 20% through wage cuts and bonus reductions of up to 40%, while workers... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/03/19/235322/sony-to-freeze-salaries-to-help-recover-losses.htm

...Hampshire-based Midex, which is licensed to specialise in the processing and reuse of IT and waste electrical and electronic goods. Midex provided the service to Fulcrum in exchange for reselling reclaimed components and recycled plastic... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/03/18/229910/gas-infrastructure-provider-fulcrum-recycles-2000-it-items-under.htm

...world," said Martin Hojsík Greenpeace International Toxics Campaigner. Greenpeace said that thousands of old electronic goods and components leave the EU for Africa every day, despite regulations prohibiting the trade in e-waste. Some... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/02/18/234878/greenpeace-ewaste-from-uk-poisons-africa.htm

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...November 09 print Recycle electronic goods for cash at Orange stores ...will help reduce the amount of electronic goods sent to landfill and, instead...monetary value of their old electronic goods straight away in UK stores... http://newsroom.orange.co.uk/2009/11/04/recycle-electronic-goods-for-cash-at-orange-stores/