This is Japan!

This is Japan! from Eric Testroete on Vimeo.

Electronic Waste

Utah Recycles has some excellent information about Electronic Waste.

Electronic waste, or e-waste, is the rapidly expanding volume of obsolete computers, printers, fax machines, TVs, and other electronic devices finding its way into the waste stream of the US and other countries.
According to various reports, electronics comprise approximately 1-4 percent of the municipal solid waste stream. In Utah, this translates to up to about 104,000 tons per year or 208 million pounds every year into Utah landfills.
E-waste is really a recent phenomenon. It is estimated that 130 million cell phones were discarded in the US in 2005. It is also estimated that 60-65 million PCs become obsolete every year in the US. Some estimates show e-waste making up as much as 3-5% of material in landfills and it is growing at a rate, 3 times faster than that of other waste. Another estimate shows between 315-680 million computers/TVs waiting in peoples garages and homes, waiting to be disposed of properly.
Did you know – the BBC recently reported the following:

1. teenagers get new a cell phone every 11 mos.
2. adults get a new cell phone every 18 mos.
3. average life of computer has fallen from 4-6 years in 1997 to 2 years in 2005

Canadian Thanksgiving

Unlike our friends here in the United States, we Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving on the 2nd Monday in October. It is an interesting experience to try and celebrate a holiday that you don't get off from work but we make do. We will eat our Thanksgiving feast on Saturday and have some pie with friends on Sunday. The best part is that we get to do it all over again in November which is one of the perks of being a Canadian living in the US. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!

I'm a fan of Rand!

I admit it! I am a fan of Mr. Rand Fishkin the founder of SEOmoz. I love whenever he does the Friday Whiteboard videos. Today was no exception. Great stuff as always Rand!