Press Coverage
Sustainable Electronics Initiative in the News
- Laptop research benefits landfills, chickens...and students (Postmarks, Fall 2012, see page 10. Update of Inside Illinois article from May 2012; includes comments from students regarding their experience in the course and New Life for Laptops project.)
- Laptop research benefits landfills, chickens and UI students (Inside Illinois, 5/3/12; an example of SEI's initiative to integrate sustainable electronics education in the class room)
- New Ill. drug, traffic and safety laws take effect (Daily Illini, 1/12/12; SEI's Joy Scrogum is quoted on the new IL landfill ban on e-waste)
- Naturally Illinois Expo Draws over 1,700 Students (Daily Illini, 3/13/11; mentions an SEI exhibit on e-waste issues)
- E-waste: The growing problem in landfills, part 2 (Mother Nature Network, 10/27/10; interview with William Bullock)
- Achievements--Natural Resource Sustainability (Inside Illinois, 10/21/10; coverage of SEI's MVP2 award and P2 Champion award for Dr. Tim Lindsey, former SEI Director)
- Science, environmental issues addressed at Expo (Daily Illini, 03/15/10)
- Naturally Illinois presents a scientific experience for the U of I (Daily Illini, 02/16/10)
2012 International E-Waste Design Competition
2011 International E-Waste Design Competition
2010 International E-Waste Design Competition
- Student teams score high in International E-Waste Design Competition (University of Illinois News Bureau, 6/8/10)
- Home Biofuels Concept Project Turns E-Waste to Algae (Earth Teching, 5/13/10)
- Bio-Grow: Electronic Waste To Grow Algae For Biofuels (Tree Hugger, 5/12/10)
- Electronic Waste Produces Algae for Biofuels (Discovery News, 5/12/10)
- E-Waste Gets Its 15 Minutes of Fame (Greener Computing, 3/10/10)
- Electronic Waste Collection Event and International Ewaste Competition 2010 (WILL-AM 580, 02/22/10)
- E-waste design competition at Illinois expanding to international event (Tech.com, 1/26/10)
- International Ewaste Competition 2010 (Contest Watchers, 1/22/10)
- E-waste competition goes international (Daily Illini, 1/20/10)
- E-waste design competition at Illinois expanding to international event (University of Illinois News Bureau, 1/6/10)
2009 Sustainable E-Waste Design Competition
- A Computer is a Terrible thing to Waste (Illinois Alumni Magazine, 10/09)
- Sustainable E-Waste Design Competition, University of Illinois (WILL-AM 580 Afternoon Magazine, 4/30/09)
- Students Find Gold in First E-Waste Design Competition at Illinois (University of Illinois News Bureau, 4/17/09)
- Teams Compete at UI to Find New Uses for Old Electronics (The News-Gazette, 4/17/09)
- Illinois' Best and Brightest Tackle e-Waste (Microsoft, Unlimited Potential World Updates, 4/17/09)
- UIUC Sustainable E-Waste Design Competition (Environmental News Bits, 4/16/09)
- Students Devise New, Creative Ways to Reuse Electronics (Daily Illini, 4/16/09)
- Students Recycle Old Electronics in E-Waste Competition (Daily Illini, 4/2/09)
- UI Professor of Industrial Design William Bullock Engages Students, Businesses to Resolve Problem of Electronic Waste (WILL-AM 580 Environmental Almanac, 2/20/09)
Electronics and Systainability: Design for Energy and the Environment Symposium
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