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PC Magazine article by Sean Ludwig, 5/28/09. Discusses three desktop computers identified as green bargains: HP Compaq's dc7900 Ultra-slim, and Lenovo's ThinkCentre M57p & ThinkCentre A62. Article describes these as "three top-reviewed Green Tech Approved business models that have recently dropped in price, by as much as 39 percent." Includes prices, why you would want to own these PCs and links to PC Magazine reviews of these products.

Article by June Ng, 6/12/09 edition of HK Magazine. "Every year Hong Kong produces more and more harmful electronic waste, but we only have a voluntary e-waste recycling scheme." Discusses e-waste problem from Hong Kong's perspective; includes some statistics specific for Hong Kong on electronic device use, as well as e-waste generation, recycling and fate.

How--and why--we should make sure our old cell phones, TVs and PCs get dismantled properly; Time magazine article by Bryan Walsh, 1/8/09. Includes a good series of photos of China's "e-waste village."

The 9th International Electronics Recycling Congress (IERC), organized by the Swiss company ICM AG, will be held January 20-22, 2010 at the Salzburg Congress Center in Austria.

Make Magazine has some ideas for things to do with your old analog TV.