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Earth911 Podcast: TCO Certified's Andreas Nobell on Choosing Sustainable Technology
Earth911 Podcast: TCO Certified's Andreas Nobell on Choosing Sustainable Technology
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Length:
36 minutes
Released:
Jul 27, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
Technology and consumer electronics products have transformed life in just two generations but they’ve come with heavy environmental and social consequences, including ecosystems disrupted by mining and unrecycled ewaste. We talk with Andreas Nobell, Development Manager at TCO Development, which publishes an independent non-profit environmental and social responsibility certification for technology products, the TCO Certified label. The TCO Certified label is available for 12 types of products, including computers, mobile devices, monitors, and datacenter equipment. TCO Development is a type of consumers' union, that emerged in the technology purchasing community and works to hold the tech industry accountable for its products’ impact on people and the planet.Andreas discusses how the electronics industry is making progress by reducing the energy to make and use a phone or PC, and by discarding far less waste from the manufacturing process, reducing the use of toxins and investing to support ewaste recycling. But he, says, there is still a long way to go. You can learn more about the TCO Certified program in Earth911's recent article, Certification for Greener IT Products, and try out a search for low-impact, socially responsible electronics at https://tcocertified.com/
Released:
Jul 27, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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