Ted Smith
Ted Smith
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The Washington law is the crest of the wave in a sea of bills across the country.
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As a company, CNET is fully invested in online learning. Users have told us they don't want a classroom experience cut and pasted on the Web, so we're trying to develop offerings that meet those needs in some new ways.
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Lilly is the real McCoy, the lady herself who started the resort-type look.
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Most of the computers collected for recycling here in the US end up being shipped illegally to disassembly sites in China and India,
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This convergence phenomenon is very real, and it's getting more real.
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People try to recycle, but even well-intentioned efforts are not followed through.
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The report shows the problem is even worse than we had thought. This isn't e-waste recycling, this is e-waste dumping.
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The most strategic pressure point is the producer. They're the ones who design the products.
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Sales have been soft for the last few months.
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The true 'Lilly girl' is someone who vacations four times a year. By having resort, we give her a chance to spruce up and brighten up her wardrobe.
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These findings underscore the need to pass legislation in the US that makes electronics producers responsible for managing their products at disposal time and bans the exporting of e-waste to developing countries.
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I like their intent. But the way they define some of this stuff isn't going to accomplish what they want to do. There are loopholes that would swallow the intent.
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It's possible they may be shifted around based on the need and how many people we have.
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Up to 80% of all obsolete electronics that gets collected ends up getting exported.