Redemtech Named Founder in BAN e-Steward Initiative
 Redemtech joined 31 others in a commitment to Basel Action Network’s e-Stewards Initiative, a new certification program for North America’s most responsible e-waste recyclers. The e-Stewards Initiative is the first independently audited and accredited electronic waste recycler certification program. Bob Houghton participated in the press conference announcing the e-Steward Initiative.
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Redemtech, BAN Produce Video Demonstrating Effects of E-Waste Export
 Redemtech teamed up with BAN to produce an informational and eye-opening video showcasing the detrimental effects of dumping e-waste. The film summarizes the work of the BAN’s years of investigation into the dumping of electronic waste in developing countries, exposing what really happens with the used electronics discarded by businesses today. It also includes footage of Redemtech president Robert Houghton supporting the need for e-Steward recyclers.
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Redemtech Sponsors IDC White Paper
 The Redemtech-sponsored white paper by IDC, Beyond Power: IT’s Roadmap to Sustainable Computing, outlines a comprehensive approach for companies who are working to reduce their IT environmental footprint while creating a consistent and measureable return on investment. Beyond Power points out that few companies are taking such a comprehensive approach today. It also offers best practices that have emerged through the efforts of companies focused on creating truly sustainable IT strategies.
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Redemtech Launches New Sustainable Computing Web Site Section
 Redemtech recently launched a green IT section on the Web site in support of its Sustainable Computing initiative. The site includes all the information a company needs to develop and implement programs that focus on reducing the demand for new technology through extending equipment lifecycles; reusing assets when possible through redeployment, remarketing or charitable donation; and ensuring responsible recycling, a zero-landfill, zero-export, zero-incineration, zero-prison labor policy.
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GAO Exposes EPA’s Lax E-Waste Enforcement: Redemtech Speaks Out in Support
 The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released findings which criticized EPA’s oversight of companies that export electronic waste overseas. Redemtech president and founder Robert Houghton participated as an e-waste expert at a news conference to publicize the findings that was organized by the Electronics TakeBack Coalition. Redemtech’s zero-export, zero-landfill standards drew praise at the news conference as “vastly different than many other companies,” and Mr. Houghton was widely quoted in media outlets such as GreenerComputing, Network World and PC World. In fact, the GAO found 43 U.S. recyclers willing to export CRTs, including ones that tout their exemplary environmental practices.
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Redemtech Introduces a “Deeper Shade of Green” at IAITAM Conference
 Redemtech educated IAITAM Conference attendees in Marco Island, Florida in October about the bottom-line benefits of not only going green but reaching a “deeper shade of green.” The message was clear – everyone can “go green” but in order for an organization to really reach a deeper shade of green, they must truly protect the environment which will help their bottom line. Redemtech President Robert Houghton presented “The Many Shades of Green: A Roadmap to Sustainable Computing.”
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Redemtech Spotlights Sustainable Computing at Gartner Conference
 Redemtech President Robert Houghton spoke to asset managers at the Gartner IT Financial, Procurement and Asset Management Conference in San Diego in late October on how to grow their bottom line and their respect for the environment in his presentation “Beyond Green: A Roadmap for Sustainable Value” Bob Brand, VP of Corporate Security for Cox Enterprises, then explained how many processes needed for green results also serve other objectives – like improved privacy compliance – in his case study presentation "The Green Carrot: Leveraging Sustainability to Advance an ITAM Agenda."
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 BusinessWeek recently quoted Redemtech president Robert Houghton in “E-Waste: The Dirty Secret of Recycling Electronics” where he commented on the lack of accountability practiced by most other e-waste companies.
 In the IPS story, "ENVIRONMENT: Where That ‘Recycled’ E-Waste Really Goes", Robert Houghton explained dishonest promises given by other companies to responsibly recycle.
 Robert Houghton wrote a by-line article offering an important checklist in “Making the Grade: Tips for Choosing an IT Asset Disposition Vendor” for a recent edition of IAITAM’s ITAK Magazine.
 Redemtech’s higher standards for disposal of electronics was mentioned in the Tech Target blog entry “Brownie points for green IT will go away … and then?”
 Robert Houghton recently contributed to an IT World article called “IT's social mission: Beyond Power plays and trash” which talks about companies going past power conservation to responsible recycling.
BusinessWeek mentioned Redemtech’s effort to help Microsoft refurbish its electronics in “Microsoft: Reused PCs Need Windows, Too.”
BusinessWeek alsorecently highlighted Redemtech’s commitment to refurbish electronics before recycling in “New Rage at Work: Used, Revamped IT Gear”.
In the ITAK column "Many Shades of Green: A Practical Roadmap to Sustainable Computing", Robert Houghton explains how sustainability can be measured and managed, offering quantitative benefits to our businesses, society and Earth.
 Robert Houghton offered electronic disposal tips in the Processor article, “Solutions To Equipment Disposal Issues.”
 GreenerComputing outlined the findings in Redemtech’s case study about saving money by recycling e-waste in “Green Hardware Reuse Can Fatten Your Bottom Line” and also published an article by David Daoud of IDC, “Green IT: Looking Beyond the Data Center”, that outlined key points from his recent white paper, Beyond Power: IT’s Roadmap to Sustainable Computing.
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