Green Gadget Spotlight: Eco-friendly street signs from e-waste

An important study released on February 22nd by the United Nations reports that the growing amount of e-waste could increase by as much as 500% over the coming decade!

Image Microsystems is facing this challenge head-on.

Road signs made from recycled e-wasteThis Austin, Texas company provides innovative solutions to the environmental issues created by consumer electronics waste. Through their e-waste reclamation, recycling and disposal efforts, they recently introduced their newest product: traffic safety and road signs made from recycled electronics components.

Made from 100 percent post consumer recycled e-waste, this green signage provides a closed loop in the manufacturing process. These standard looking but unique signs can be recycled and/or re-manufactured at their end-of-life, eliminating their adding to already burgeoning landfills. Not only is this good for the environment, it’s also cost effective for the towns and municipalities that invest in them.

With innovations like this, and the millions of pounds of e-waste that Image Microsystems has diverted from our landfills, the e-waste problem could be in danger of being solved.

Other Posts from Debra Atlas:

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Article by Debra Atlas

Debra is an environmental journalist and professional blogger. She writes a newspaper column called "Distinctly Green" (http://bit.ly/ciunmo). focused on the newest affordable eco-innovations. Her latest venture is in radio, with her weekly feature, Eco Trends (http://bit.ly/ahWih8). This program focuses on the newest coolest green consumer innovations. Debra is also a regular contributor to a number of online websites, including Beamingsun http://bit.ly/jQtg3Q and Red Ferret Journal http://bit.ly/lMC5L5. As an experienced professional blogger, Debra has covered a variety of critical environmental conferences. These include Bioneers, the 2009 conference on sustainable tourism in Costa Rica and the Border Governors conference and Green Tech Expo. Her reporting is insightful, informative and thought-provoking. Debra Atlas tagged this post with: , , , , , , , , , Read 7 articles by
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  1. Kyle Griffin says:

    i always wait and look on the internet about the latest consumer electronics items that i can buy.-.”

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  2. we should always look for eco-friendly products out there to help the environment.;*-

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  3. so what would be the hottest consumer elecdtronic items for the year 2010?~:-

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  4. Layla Cook says:

    we must concentrate more on eco-friendly materials and practices to help save the environment.~*,

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  5. Hannah Hall says:

    consumer electronics like camera phones are getting more and more popular these days;”

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  6. Carter Ward says:

    i love to buy eco-friendly products like mats, seat covers and also garbage bags:;’

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  7. i like new consumber electronic products specially the ones featured on CES events`”

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  8. 120mm fan : says:

    almost all of our new products these days are Eco Friendly, it is nice to know that we are concerned about the environment::”

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  9. [...] their soil and water. E-waste company Image Microsystems has a novel solution for both problems: using the e-waste to create the signs. Made from 100% recycled e-waste, Image Microsystem’s signs look like any other standard [...]

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    Hello there, You have done an excellent job. I’ll definitely digg it and personally recommend to my friends. I’m confident they will be benefited from this web site.

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  11. Debra Atlas says:

    Thanks for your kind comments. You might also want to check out my personal blog, Envirothink.wordpress.com.

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  12. Debra Atlas says:

    You are welcome. If you’d like to see more of my articles on eco-innovation, check out my personal blog site at http://www.Envirothink.wordpress.com.

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  13. Madeline says:

    Thank you, I’ve recently been searching for information about this subject for ages and yours is the best I have located so far.

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