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By 2050, around 80 million metric tons of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules will reach the end of their life globally (according to NREL). 10 million metric tons will be in the United States. But this is not an issue for a far-off future. As we transition to renewable energy, we create a massive volume of waste just from manufacturing and transporting batteries and solar panels. So, what can we do to improve this process now, rather than in 25 years? Kelly Weger, the Director of Sustainability for North America at Qcells takes us through their plan to reduce embodied carbon across the entire supply chain—from manufacturing to end-of-life recycling. Expect to learn:How Qcells is reducing embodied carbon throughout their supply chain, from material sourcing to end-of-life recycling.The strategy behind Qcells and SolarCycle's circular economy superhero partnership.What it will take to create a true circular economy in solar, a vision Qcells is actively working towards.How certification standards like EPEAT validate a company's sustainability claims. How much Qcells has invested in their wafer manufacturing facility in Georgia (it's a massive number). This conversation lays out the proactive steps any organization can take to mitigate environmental impacts. A circular economy is not a far-off pipe dream, but to get there, we'll need to be far more intentional with how we build.If you want to connect with today's guest, you'll find links to his contact info in the show notes on the blog at https://mysuncast.com/suncast-episodes/.SunCast is presented by Sungrow, the world's most bankable inverter brand.SunCast is also supported by Trina.You can learn more about all the sponsors who help make this show free for you at www.mysuncast.com/sponsors.Remember, you can always find resources, learn more about today's guest and explore recommendations, book links, and more than 650 other founder stories and startup advice at www.mysuncast.com.Subscribe to Valence, our weekly Linkedin Newsletter, and learn the elements of compelling storytelling: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/valence-content-that-connects-7145928995363049472/You can connect with me, Nico Johnson, on:Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/nicomeoLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickalus
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 27th, 2023.(00:31): Why I Left RustOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36101501(02:11): YouTube removed dislike counts, so this guy made Rotten Tomatoes for YouTubeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36105629(03:48): Rust: The wrong people are resigningOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36106942(05:16): ARM's Cortex A53: Tiny but ImportantOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36102406(06:58): Private spies hired by FBI and corporations infiltrate Discord, Reddit, WhatsAppOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36100994(08:29): The Gemini protocol seen by this HTTP client personOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36104533(09:53): Octopuses are building small “cities” off the coast of Australia (2017)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36103801(11:16): About Dolly Parton's Imagination LibraryOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36100992(13:03): Lua: The Little Language That CouldOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36106267(14:39): HP printers should have EPEAT ecolabels revoked, trade group demandsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36103604This is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by wondercraft.ai. Create your own studio quality podcast with text as the only input in seconds at app.wondercraft.ai. Issues or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: team@wondercraft.ai
Michael Kirschner is president of Design Chain Associates, where he helps manufacturers understand and ensure that their products comply with health and environmental regulatory, customer and market requirements. He has broad expertise in areas including semiconductor quality and reliability, software design and development, hardware design, development, and manufacturing as well as manufacturing processes and supplier/supply base management. The background enables him to help manufacturers assess and improve supply chain risk, readiness and performance, and achieve (and go beyond) compliance with product-related health, environmental and social regulations like REACH, RoHS, Circular Economy and EcoDesign, WEEE, Conflict Minerals, California's Proposition 65 and Safer Consumer Products, as well as performance standards like IEEE-1680.n (EPEAT), and customer demands around the world. He speaks with PCEA chief content officer Chelsey Drysdale on the open comment period for RoHS 3, the circular economy, and why environmental and sustainability standards have yet to achieve their goals.
ITAD Talk welcomes Kelley Keogh. A Co-Founder of Greeneye Partners LLC, Kelley has been working in the recycling and waste industries since 1992, including sustainability, health and safety auditor and onsite smelter audits, CRT furnaces, battery recyclers and mercury retort sites worldwide. Since 1999 her work has been exclusively in the electronics recycling industry supporting companies in certification to ISO, R2, RIOS and e-Stewards. Kelley served on the technical advisory groups for the R2 and RIOS standards and served with EPEAT as both a Standards Assessor and Verification Auditor. Kelley is a California Certified Sustainable Auditor for the wine industry. Click: Exit Technologies / ITAD Talk Podcast
ITAD Talk welcomes Kelley Keogh. A Co-Founder of Greeneye Partners LLC, Kelley has been working in the recycling and waste industries since 1992, including sustainability, health and safety auditor and onsite smelter audits, CRT furnaces, battery recyclers and mercury retort sites worldwide. Since 1999 her work has been exclusively in the electronics recycling industry supporting companies in certification to ISO, R2, RIOS and e-Stewards. Kelley served on the technical advisory groups for the R2 and RIOS standards and served with EPEAT as both a Standards Assessor and Verification Auditor. Kelley is a California Certified Sustainable Auditor for the wine industry. Click: Exit Technologies / ITAD Talk Podcast
ITAD Talk welcomes Kelley Keogh. A Co-Founder of Greeneye Partners LLC, Kelley has been working in the recycling and waste industries since 1992, including sustainability, health and safety auditor and onsite smelter audits, CRT furnaces, battery recyclers and mercury retort sites worldwide. Since 1999 her work has been exclusively in the electronics recycling industry supporting companies in certification to ISO, R2, RIOS and e-Stewards. Kelley served on the technical advisory groups for the R2 and RIOS standards and served with EPEAT as both a Standards Assessor and Verification Auditor. Kelley is a California Certified Sustainable Auditor for the wine industry. Click: Exit Technologies / ITAD Talk Podcast Click here for IT & Itad Podcasting: https://itadit.com
In this week's episode of Sustainable Living, our hosts Noah and Emily talk about e-waste. How has e-waste become such a huge environmental issue, and what are some solutions to e-waste? This episode also features an interview with two representatives from E-Cycle Washington, an electronics recycling program managed by the Washington State Department of Ecology. Resources mentioned in this episode: E-Cycle Washington: https://ecology.wa.gov/Waste-Toxics/Reducing-recycling-waste/Electronics-E-Cycle ifixit: https://www.ifixit.com/ Gazelle: https://www.gazelle.com/ OfferUp: https://offerup.com/ Epeat: https://epeat.net/ Contact us at arusso45@uw.edu or sclassen@cascadia.edu. Follow us on Instagram @uwbsustainability or @sustainabilityatcascadia Check out our websites at uwb.edu/sustainability or cascadia.edu/bassp Image art by Sarah Blechner
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Lots of news! Apple rejoins EPEAT, Hacker uses exploit to allow free in-app purchases & is foiled, iPads and iPhones are selling well. Apps reviewed: Walkmeter, iFitness Pro, Fitocracy, Stronglifts 5×5.
DigitalOutbox Episode 127 DigitalOutbox Episode 127 - Marissa Mayer, Office 13, Apple Woes and don't criticise the Olympics Playback Listen via iTunes Listen via M4A Listen via MP3 Shownotes 1:05 - O2 Compensation 2:14 - UK Texts more than Talks 5:29 - Marissa Mayer is Yahoos new CEO 9:29 - Office 2013 15:43 - Nokia Woes 18:15 - Man assaulted for wearing digital eye by McDonalds staff 21:40 - Apple ordered to run Samsung didn't copy ad's 23:08 - Apples in-app purchasing circumvented 26:08 - Apple reverses course on EPEAT environmental standard 28:32 - Betaworks Acquires Digg 31:56 - Now TV Launched 36:04 - You can't link to Olympics website if you say something mean about them Picks
Reversing a recent decision, Apple will conform to Electronic Products Environmental Asset Tool standards, or EPEAT, after all. Larry Greenemeier reports
Gastheer Maarten Hendrikx, @maartenhendrikx op Twitter of via zijn website. Panel Marco Frissen, @mfrissen op Twitter, of via zijn website. Jan Seurinck, @janseurinck op Twitter, of via zijn website. Davy Buntinx, @dbuntinx op Twitter, of via zijn website. Jojanneke van den Bosch, @jojanneke op Twitter, of via haar website. Onderwerpen Jan heeft - na een root van zijn Galaxy Nexus - Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. Digg is nu volledig verkocht voor - maar - 500 000 dollar. Een crowdfunded alternatief voor Twitter. Apple draait als een kerkhaan: ze doen terug mee met EPEAT. Marissa Mayer is de nieuwe CEO van Yahoo! Amazon gaat dezelfde dag leveren. Tips Jan: Marsedit Davy: Glympse Marco: Mars Rover Landing en Shootmanyrobots Jojanneke: Higgs Boson-game, Ms. Particle-Man en Mr. Lee CatCam Maarten: Mobile HangUp Feedback Het Tech45-team apprecieert alle feedback die ingestuurd wordt. Heb je dus opmerkingen, reacties of suggesties, laat dan een commentaar hieronder achter. Via twitter kan natuurlijk ook @tech45cast. Ook audio-reacties in .mp3-formaat zijn altijd welkom. Items voor de volgende aflevering kunnen gelinkt worden op Twitter met de hashtag '#tech45'. Vergeet ook niet dat je 'live' kan komen meepraten via live.tech45.eu op dinsdag 24 juli vanaf 21u30. Deze aflevering van de podcast kan je downloaden via deze link, rechtstreeks beluisteren via de onderstaande player, of gewoon gratis abonneren via iTunes.
Är Apples produkter miljöbovar eller före sin tid? Är det verkligen smart att lämna ut sitt Apple ID till Ryska hackers? Borde Apple föregå med gott exempel och inte bete sig som ett patenttroll? Allt detta och mycket mer prata vi om i veckans AppSnack! Glöm inte att du kan följa #AppSnack på Twitter @apptvse eller Facebook. Du kan även lyssna på programmet som podcast via iTunes eller ladda ned som mp3. Medverkande i veckans avsnitt är Tobias Hieta, aka @tobiashieta, Jakob Hultman, aka @raekob, och Michael P. Gartner, aka @bigmajk. Programmet leds som vanligt av Calle Gisselsson, aka @gisselsson. Veckans NyheterApple och EPEAT sitter i ett träd… Förra veckan rapporterade vi om att Apple tagit bort alla sina produkter från den Amerikanska miljöcertifieringen EPEAT. Detta gick dock inte obemärkt förbi och nu verkar Apples produkter återigen vara miljöcertifierade.http://bit.ly/NQOktI --- Apple släpper iOS6 beta 3 med nyheter som t.ex.- Bättre kartor och nya inställningar för kart-appen- @iCloud.com epost adresser- Telefonnummer som avsändare i iMessage på iPadMed mera.http://bit.ly/SEmhie --- Apples In-App purchasing system hackat av ryss vilket gör att man kan ladda ned gratis In-App tillägg. Kul för de snåla, men vad säger detta om säkerheten i våra iPhones?http://bit.ly/LVWjIbhttp://bit.ly/MeThfU --- Det har varit mycket upprörda känslor kring vilka Macar som kommer stödja AirPlay i Mountain Lion och vilka som inte kommer göra det. Men nu kommer förklaringen och vi tackar @svannte för tipset.http://bit.ly/PbRhG5 Veckans SnackisMjukvarupatent borde inte finnas. Och det är synd att apple håller på att mecka så mycket med det när dom kan vinna på att dom är så mycket bättre ändå. Eller?http://vrge.co/LuxMs1http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/441/when-patents-attack/ Veckans Spel Tiny Wings HD Tiny Wings Veckans OSX tips/programDen grymma Twitterklienten Tweetbot för iOS finns nu även i en Mac version! Det rör sig om en publik alpha som även fast den är buggig är det bästa man kan få till OSX.http://bit.ly/MeV3h0 Veckans ProduktivitetstipsHar du svårt med produktiviteten när du är på friluftsvandring med familjen för att du är konstant rädd att ditt iPhonebatteri ska ta slut? Fear no more. Nu kan du ladda din iPhone genom att elda kottar. Bokstavligen. Med BioLite CampStove så kan du för endast $129 grilla marshmallows och ladda din iPhone på samma gång.http://bit.ly/OMsBAy Veckans iOS tipsAutocorrect rättar alltid ”a” till ”á”. Ta bort det genom att gå in på inställningar-> allmänt -> tangentbord och välj ”lägg till nytt kortkommando”. Skriv ”a” i fras och ”aa” i kortkommando. Kräver ios5. Tack till @stellan
The future of telvision could be upon us as Viacom and Directv squabble over money, Apple comes back to EPEAT, RIM has lost another lawsuit and Microsoft is coming out with a super cool looking XBOX 360 console for Halo 4! All this and more geek and gaming topics on this edition of Geek Gamer Weekly!
The future of telvision could be upon us as Viacom and Directv squabble over money, Apple comes back to EPEAT, RIM has lost another lawsuit and Microsoft is coming out with a super cool looking XBOX 360 console for Halo 4! All this and more geek and gaming topics on this edition of Geek Gamer Weekly!
Gastheer Maarten Hendrikx, @maartenhendrikx op Twitter of via zijn website. Panel Marco Frissen, @mfrissen op Twitter, of via zijn website. Jan Seurinck, @janseurinck op Twitter, of via zijn website. Davy Buntinx, @dbuntinx op Twitter, of via zijn website. Onderwerpen Jan heeft de HTC One X kunnen testen. Het Europees parlement stemt tegen ACTA. Mozilla stopt de verdere ontwikkeling van Thunderbird. Microsoft wil iedereen zo snel mogelijk op Windows 8 krijgen. Apple probeert de verkoop van de Galaxy Nexus tegen te gaan en stapt uit het EPEAT-certificeringsprogramma. Tips Jan: SwiftKey 3 Davy: Goodreads Marco: Cisco Jabber Video en Limbo Maarten: Mijn vierkante moestuinplanner van Aveve Feedback Het Tech45-team apprecieert alle feedback die ingestuurd wordt. Heb je dus opmerkingen, reacties of suggesties, laat dan een commentaar hieronder achter. Via twitter kan natuurlijk ook @tech45cast. Ook audio-reacties in .mp3-formaat zijn altijd welkom. Items voor de volgende aflevering kunnen gelinkt worden op Twitter met de hashtag '#tech45'. Vergeet ook niet dat je 'live' kan komen meepraten via live.tech45.eu op dinsdag 10 juli vanaf 21u30. Deze aflevering van de podcast kan je downloaden via deze link, rechtstreeks beluisteren via de onderstaande player, of gewoon gratis abonneren via iTunes.
Pete's back from another trip to Chautauqua, NY and reports on his "Building Your Brand Online" class, some rants about storytelling, and a coda on Apple and EPEAT.
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Mountain Lion goes gold master, Apple abandons EPEAT. Apps reviewed: Cartoon Wars Lite, Bubble Shooter Adventure, Fragger Desert Strike, Monster Shooter, Toon Shooter.