Nokia’s “TakeBack” e-waste recycle program to hit National scale

June 2nd, 2009

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Nokia is planning to launch its “TakeBack” beta to a national level. The “TakeBack” initiative by Nokia allows the mobile users to dump their discarded mobile phones (of any manufacturer) to any of the bins located at different areas in your city and at the Priority Dealers.

There is more to the TakeBack program than managing e-waste. Nokia promises to plat one Sapling for every mobile dumped in the bin for recycling. Nokia plans to plant 12,500 saplings in the Tamil Nadu wing of the campaign in four different cities -Kalakattur, Kooram, Maruthuvanpadi and Sankarapuram.

“The campaign was conceived with the twin goals of educating the public on the hazards of e-waste while the sapling planting drive provided citizens a chance to give back to the environment,”  said Ambrish Bakaya, Director, Corporate Affairs, Nokia India.

The pilot program received a good response (more…)

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Build a Wall-PC out of your Old Laptop

March 25th, 2009

While we were wondering what could we do of an old laptop, many options came up like selling it, giving it to younger brouther/sister,throw it in junk. Just then, while browsing through net, we found out this amazing thing to do with your old laptop – build a custom wall-hanging PC.

Wall-Pc

The real art in doing this is to dismantle the laptop. Taking out all tiny screws is easy, but one has to be careful while removing the screen.

Then you need to mount the screen on the back of your laptop motherboard. Find a good frame for the assembly, and carefully mount the dissected laptop in the frame. Thats it – your custom wall-hanging Pc is ready.

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