Recycling Revenue


December 19, 2010

Nintendo Wii: Most Environmentally Friendly Game System

Category: Case studies – admin 12:53 am
A new study from the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) reveals that Nintendo Wii is the most energy-efficient game system, using only one-sixth the power of the Sony Playstation 3 or the Microsoft Xbox 360. “Obviously there are many considerations when looking at a gaming system and we’re only talking about energy use,” said Mark McGranaghan, vice president of Power Delivery & Utilization for EPRI,

December 9, 2010

Making Money Off Of Junk

Category: Useful Information – admin 10:52 pm
When the word “recycling” is mentioned, most people consider it as a potential cost-cutting measure. Reusing things instead of discarding them does seem like it would be a marginally effective way to reduce the amount of money being shelled out for some supplies. In practice, once people in the workplace become accustomed to it, it does function as a good way to take the edge off some of the expenses. What most

April 2, 2010

Starbucks Saves Millions a Year in Energy with LED Lighting

Category: Case studies – admin 12:46 am
For the last two years, Starbucks has been replacing almost all of its incandescent and halogen lighting with LEDs in over 7,000 company-owned stores, most of which are located in the United States and Canada, along with some in Europe and Asia. This is the largest ever use of LED technology and Starbuck’s success in doing so shows the potential of using new digital lighting for mass installments in the future. J