This came my way… an article on some of the initiatives by consumer electronics manufacturers. In the article theres a list of some of the initiatives. Including Z-powers new battery tech which is silver-zinc based and contains significant recoverable metals.
NEW YORK (AP) — Consumer electronics are not exactly easy on the environment — they consume electricity that contributes to global warming, and toxins leach out of them when they end up in landfills. |
At the world’s largest trade show for consumer electronics, starting Monday in Las Vegas, manufacturers will be talking not just about megapixels, megahertz and megabytes, but about smart power adapters that don’t waste as much electricity, batteries that are easier to recycle, and components made from plants. |
| One of the 2,700 exhibitors at the International Consumer Electronics Show will be Japan’s Fujitsu Ltd., which will show off a laptop with a plastic case made from corn rather than petroleum products. |
| The catch with the corn-based laptop is that the material is not biodegradable, meaning it does not decompose any faster than regular plastic. |
| The plastic still needs to be processed for recycling, after which the corn-based component can biodegrade. |
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