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Report: EPEAT Computing Products Will Save Purchasers $4 Billion


EPEAT-certified green electronics sold in 2007 will save buyers nearly $4 billion dollars over the products' lifecycles, according to a new report from the nonprofit Green Electronics Council (GEC), which manages the EPEAT system.

EPEAT is a procurement tool to help institutional purchasers evaluate and select desktop computers, notebooks, and monitors based on their environmental performance. All EPEAT-certified products must meet 23 environmental criteria, including U.S. Energy Star and European RoHS requirements. READ ON ::.
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CRADLE-TO-CRADLE
A phrase invented by Walter R. Stahel in the 1970s and popularized by William McDonough and Michael Braungart in their 2002 book of the same name. This framework seeks to create production techniques that are not just efficient but are essentially waste free. In cradle-to-cradle production all material inputs and outputs are seen either as technical or biological nutrients. Technical nutrients can be recycled or reused with no loss of quality and biological nutrients composted or consumed. By contrast cradle to grave refers to a company taking responsibility for the disposal of goods it has produced, but not necessarily putting products’ constituent components back into service.


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