We all love our gadgets -- some more than others -- but all of those TVs, computers, mobile phones and DVD players suck up energy and end up clogging landfills.
How can you stay plugged in while minimizing the effect on the environment?
Take a look at MyGreenElectronics.com, a website launched last year by the Consumer Electronics Association.
The site offers lists of low-energy-use electronic products, tips on how to limit energy consumption by the electronics you own and advice for making your electronics last longer so they don't have to be thrown out so soon.
If you no longer want an electronic device, the site can help with its list of nonprofit groups that accept them, and an easy-to-use search tool (just enter a ZIP Code) for finding electronics recyclers in your area.
A calculator on the site can help you estimate how much energy is consumed by electronics in your home and what it's costing you.
(Don't know if really want to know all of the gory details, but this is very important -- carbon footprint, you know -- so will have to try it out.)
How can you stay plugged in while minimizing the effect on the environment?
Take a look at MyGreenElectronics.com, a website launched last year by the Consumer Electronics Association.
The site offers lists of low-energy-use electronic products, tips on how to limit energy consumption by the electronics you own and advice for making your electronics last longer so they don't have to be thrown out so soon.
If you no longer want an electronic device, the site can help with its list of nonprofit groups that accept them, and an easy-to-use search tool (just enter a ZIP Code) for finding electronics recyclers in your area.
A calculator on the site can help you estimate how much energy is consumed by electronics in your home and what it's costing you.
(Don't know if really want to know all of the gory details, but this is very important -- carbon footprint, you know -- so will have to try it out.)
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Nice post. MyGreenElectronics.com does have a great listing of environmentally-friendly electronics, its a great resource. Of course there are a lot of other green electronics out there that aren't listed, you just have to dig a little deeper.