:: NEWS COCKTAIL aka BlahBlahBlog ::
"Everything is being compressed into tiny tablets. You take a little pill of news every day - 23 minutes - and that's supposed to be enough." -Walter Cronkite, RE TV news. The Web has changed that for many, however, and here is an extra dose for your daily news cocktail. This prescription tends to include surveillance and now war-related links, along with the occasional pop culture junk and whatever else seizes my attention as I scan online news sites.:: 6.05.2003 ::
:: RE Green computing ::
From Wired:
You Make It, You Take It: PC Law
A bill that would require electronics manufacturers to devise and finance a plan to collect and recycle all computer equipment passed California state Senate on Wednesday.
The bill now moves to the state Assembly. If the Assembly approves it and Gov. Gray Davis signs it, the law would push manufacturers to create collection centers where people could drop off their old computers and monitors, which both contain many toxic substances. Equipment makers would also have to come up with plans to recycle the equipment.
In the absence of federal legislation outlining the correct way to discard e-waste, several state legislatures are in the process of reviewing bills to draft into law. If California adopts the law, it should have a sweeping effect on the industry.
The recycling question looms large for computer manufacturers. Californians discard 2.75 million televisions or computer screens per year, roughly 7,500 units per day according to Charles Corcoran, chief of waste identification at the Department of Toxic Substances Control.
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