Set your gear shifters for fun, as EPC puts the final touches on the preparation for it's 6th Annual EPC Classic Carfest Charity Car & Motorcycle Show on October 13th, 2007!  Vehicles from all over our area attend what is quickly becoming the best fall outdoor-based Carshow and you're invited!  ...

Computer giant Hewlett-Packard (Palo Alto, California) is financing a project that will investigate how to improve current disposal systems for electronic scrap generated by African companies, as well as materials illegally imported from the West.

Sensitive patient information was found on an unwiped hard drive as part of a multinational study of 350 discarded hard drives, some purchased online.

The China Communications Standards Association (Beijing) has established a taskforce to study standards for recycling e-scrap and for testing consumer electronics for harmful chemicals. The move is in response to the European Union's Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) and Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directives. 

Computer manufacturer Dell (Round Rock, Texas) announced yesterday that it will be carbon-neutral by 2008, beating its previous target by a year.