BBC Report: Electronic waste report (6:30) - Featuring Sun Microsystems
Wednesday Feb 28, 2007
Sun was featured a couple of days ago on BBC The World on how the EU Product Takeback mandate (known as WEEE) is being handled by American companies. The program, reported by The World technology correspondent Jason Margolis features how Sun Microsystems is handling it, including soundbytes from a couple of Sun employees including Dave Douglas, Sun's vice president of eco responsibility, and also the manager from a recycling facility that handles the actual recycling of Sun's servers.
According to the program's introduction, Europe's average consumer produces 44 pounds of electronic waste each year the total of which could cover the City of Brussels with up to 3 feet of electronic junk each year. The report is worth the listen. As a sidenote, The World Podcast in general is worth subscribing to.
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February 26, 2007 The World's Technology Correspondent Jason Margolis reports on how
some American electronics companies are responding to the European
Union's tough new standards on electronic waste. The EU rules are
forcing many US companies to design recyclable products.
Electronic waste report (6:30)
