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Projects and reports addressing IT and the Environment

Ewasteguide – knowledge base on e-waste research linked with the research activities of EMPA in Switzerland

Solving the e-waste Problem (StEP) Initiative – international alliance working to address e-waste issues

Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition (SVTC) - Citizen's group devoted to addressing to environmental impacts of high-tech industries

Waste in the Wireless World: the Challenge of Cell Phones - report by INFORM examines the waste issues posed by cell phones and other wireless electronic devices

The Internet and Global Warming - an early (1999) study by the Center for Energy & Climate Solutions surveying relationships between IT and energy use.

Digital Europe - European Union project looking at the interface between e-business and sustainability

Special Events

International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment - main US annual event addressing electronics and the environment, organized under the auspices of the IEEE. In 2007 the event was held May 7-10 in Orlando, Florida, Arizona.

Electronic Goes Green  - international conference which is a followup to Electronics Goes Green 2000+. Main European event addressing environmental issues and electronics. Next to be held 9-10 September, 2008 in Berlin, Germany.

E-Scrap – annual event addressing environmental management of end-of-life electronics. 2008 conference to be held 17-18 September in Glendale, Arizona.