Current college/university students and recent graduates have an opportunity to create useful and appealing products from e-waste—computers, printers, cell phones and similar materials that would normally end up in landfills. And their efforts could win them prizes. The International E-Waste Design Competition (www.ewaste.illinois.edu), allows participants will explore solutions to this problem at the local level […]
Category: Sustainable Electronics Initiative
Champaign County Residential Electronics Collection Event Scheduled for Oct. 14, 2017
The next Champaign County residential electronics collection event has been scheduled for October 14, 2017. The event will occur from 8 AM to noon at Parkland College. Registration is required for participation; online registration (at www.ecycle.simplybook.me) opens on September 5, 2017 at 8 AM. Read more on the Sustainable Electronics Initiative (SEI) Blog.
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Recycling in America Goes Home, But Can it Go BIG?
Happy America Recycles Day! This annual upbeat reminder that “we use too much, buy too much, and toss too much” shines a light on a society that more and more gets it. At our homes and schools, the interest and the opportunities for recycling keep growing, slowly. Here in Champaign, IL, two collection events this […]
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Illini Gadget Garage Promotes Reuse, Recycling at Events
The Illini Gadget Garage is inviting University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign students, faculty, and staff, as well as members of the surrounding community, to a recycled holiday craft workshop on December 3, from 1 to 3 PM. Check out the Facebook event for more information, including the Gadget Garage address, and some posts of examples […]
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Illini Gadget Garage at America Recycles Day Event, Nov. 19
Join U-Cycle and the Urbana Park District to celebrate America Recycles Day! This year’s theme is “It’s Electric!” The focus will be on the importance of electronics recycling, including resources on where to bring electronic devices to recycle in the community, and how to trouble-shoot issues with your electronic device courtesy of the Illini Gadget Garage, […]
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Illini Gadget Garage Summer 2016 Hours and Volunteer Opportunities
The Sustainable Electronics Initiative (SEI), a project of ISTC, is pleased to announce that the collaborative electronics repair center, the Illini Gadget Garage, will be open over the summer to assist “test pilots” with troubleshooting and repair for your small electronics and appliances with electronic components. Open hours for the summer are: Tuesdays 11 […]
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Illini Gadget Garage Hosts Pop-up Clinics
The Illini Gadget Garage is a collaborative repair program for student and staff owned electronic devices, funded by the UI Student Sustainability Committee (SSC), and administered by the Sustainable Electronics Initiative at the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center (ISTC), the UI School of Art and Design, and the UI Graduate School of Library and Information Science. In […]
Seven: 10 Days of ISTC; Anniversary Presentation Videos
Videos of presentations at ISTC’s anniversary event provide a fascinating look at problems of pollution contamination in Illinois and how the Center contributed to the clean up. Links to the videos will be made available over the next two weeks as they become available. ISTC Looks Back, and to the Future During Anniversary VIDEO 7: […]
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Eight: 10 Days of ISTC; Anniversary Presentation Videos
Videos of presentations at ISTC’s anniversary event provide a fascinating look at problems of pollution contamination in Illinois and how the Center contributed to the clean up. Links to the videos will be made available over the next two weeks as they become available. ISTC Looks Back, and to the Future During Anniversary VIDEO 8: […]
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Nine: 10 Days of ISTC; Anniversary Celebration Videos
Videos of presentations at ISTC’s anniversary event provide a fascinating look at problems of pollution contamination in Illinois and how the Center contributed to the clean up. Links to the videos will be made available over the next two weeks as they become available. ISTC Looks Back, and to the Future During Anniversary VIDEO 9: […]
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