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This posting has nothing to do with Artificial Intelligence, hyperscale data centers, or the recent plunge in NAND flash prices – things that occupy much of our thinking these days. This is an “old...

It used to be that Earth Day stood out in a year where little attention was otherwise paid to environmental concerns. In 1970, 54 years ago, in the wake of the publication of Rachel Carson’s bestseller...

Over the past several decades, with the rise in climate awareness and in the acknowledgement of environmental and social issues around the globe, large corporations, willingly or unwillingly, have made...

Before electronics ruled the world and the cost of repair still made economic sense, people did the much more sustainable action of fixing what they could themselves or finding a fix-it person to help...

illumynt is not in the recycling business. Beyond complete data erasure (destruction), we refurbish and resell computers and their constituent components, and, as a last resort, send unusable devices...

In the United States its often California that leads the country in environmental legislation, including the CAFE standards adopted in 2009. On September 11, 2023, according to the Washington Post, “California...

In common sustainability parlance, the practice of making environmental risks somebody else’s problem is known as NIMBY – or “Not In My Back Yard.” In the world of e-waste, huge strides have been taken...

For more than a decade, sustainability leaders have been trying to educate folks on the hazards and waste associated with discarding electronics. In a giant step backwards, Pinellas County, Florida is...

Even though the science of climate change has been around for nearly 200 years – yes, nearly two centuries – climate deniers persist. On thing we can all agree upon is that as time marches on the planet...

In 2008, after a long career in technology, I switched my focus to sustainability. And the natural focus for me became sustainable electronics. And within that huge umbrella, the topic that attracted me...

CNE Direct, a global technology lifecycle solutions company, has completed a major rebranding and is now illumynt. The new illumynt brand reflects the company’s evolution and its approach to combining...

illumynt is proud to publish its second annual sustainability report to highlight the progress made during the calendar year 2023. During this time, our internal Green Team established itself as core to...

One key component of environmental sustainability is the conservation of natural resources – and even “unnatural resources.” One resource on the top of the list is energy, which comes in two basic flavors...