Tags: hazardous, recycle

The worst foods to eat over a keyboard

Whether it's a second breakfast, a desperately needed sugar buzz or cold pizza on the fly, bits and pieces inevitably find their way into the keyboard. IT pro Becky Roberts identifies the worst offenders along with general remedies for cleaning up after the fact.

Recycle a phone, plant a tree

A new initiative dubbed "Old Phones, New Trees" will see a new native tree planted for every mobile recycled until the end of June.

Greenpeace trashes Apple again

Greenpeace has again targeted Apple in its latest Guide to Greener Electronics, a report which ranks major electronics manufacturers on their environmental policies and practices. But is Apple really putting its technology ahead of the environment?

Greener Apple offers free recycling

Apple has devoted two weekends in July to a green initiative in which any brand of PC, printer or peripheral can be handed over for free recycling.

Phone recycling doubles as CDMA killed off

The number of phones being handed in for recycling has sky-rocketed in NSW and Victoria in the lead up to Telstra's shutdown of its CDMA network.

Bury old phones in the back garden

Are mobile phone manufacturers turning into tree-hugging hippies? Perhaps not, but the environmentalist in me likes to hear about recycling intiatives such as organic mobile phone covers that sprout sunflowers when planted in your garden.

Eco Friendly PCs

Rory Reid shares tips on how to have a greener PC, without resorting to paint.