Sustainability

The Paperless Meeting

Posted: July 15th, 2008 by Malcolm Wolski

Categorised as:  Community  Culture  Education  Policies 

(Article from “Griffith University Access-IT: Access Services News May 2008”) Did you know that one ream of paper = 6% of a tree and 5.4kg of CO2 in the atmosphere? And three sheets of A4 paper =

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Current state of affairs summary of green computing

Posted: July 5th, 2007 by Malcolm Wolski

Categorised as:  Community  Energy  Ewaste  Green purchasing 

The article below is a good summary of the current state of affairs in relation to electronic waste. It comes from: http://channel.tomshardware.com/2007/07/02/green_computing/print.html Green Computi

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Carbon trading

Posted: May 24th, 2007 by Malcolm Wolski

Categorised as:  Community  Energy  Ewaste  Partnerships 

Are you aware of any places within queensland who do carbon trading by planting trees? I have had a look around and found a few, but most of the companies seem to be based in Victoria or WA

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Where to take old home PCs

Posted: May 14th, 2007 by Malcolm Wolski

Categorised as:  Community  Ewaste  Recycling - other 

I often get asked where people can take their old personal computers at home for safe disposal. I've found two useful links below: Brisbane City Council http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/BCC:BASE:10

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Sustainable Living Challenge for Schools

Posted: April 27th, 2007 by Malcolm Wolski

Categorised as:  Community  Culture  Education  Training 

Did you know Griffith co-ordinates an annual Sustainable Living Challenge for all Queensland schools. At the recent 2007 launch last year's winners efforts were showcased with students explaining how

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Recycling old mobile phones

Posted: April 27th, 2007 by Malcolm Wolski

Categorised as:  Ewaste  Recycling - other 

A common piece of techno-junk or ewaste is an old mobile phone. They contain hazardous waste and tend to end up in drawers (or down the backs of lounge chairs). If you have an old phone you want to th

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Paper & toner recycling

Posted: April 27th, 2007 by Malcolm Wolski

Categorised as:  Recycling - other  Recycling paper 

Uniprint recycle toner & toner cartridges collected from the Ricoh Multi-function devices (MFDs). The toner recycling figure as at 13 Feb 2007 was 3.1 tonnes. The Ricoh MFD's were thoroughly tes

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eWaste - part 2

Posted: April 19th, 2007 by Ross Shaw

Categorised as:  Ewaste 

No word back from Sims. Time to try Dell's service. I rang their 1800 number and went through to the voicemail of one particular person. This gives me the impression that Dell Recycling is a fairly sm

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Reduce energy consumption from computing equipment

Posted: April 18th, 2007 by Malcolm Wolski

Categorised as:  Culture  Energy 

A common recommendation to save energy is to configure your computer to go to sleep (e.g. automatically switch off the monitor after 15 minutes, turn off the hard drive, system standby after 30 minute

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eWaste - a how to

Posted: April 16th, 2007 by Ross Shaw

Categorised as:  Ewaste 

Hands up who has recently upgraded their computer, mobile phone, printer, TV, et al? And keeps your hands up if you still have the old monitor, keyboard, and other now redundant parts? And finally, wh

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