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Managing a Sustainable Office — Recycling E-Waste

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million tons of e-waste generated in the US in 2016. However, when it comes to technology, it can sometimes be difficult to identify how to reduce the number of devices and pieces of equipment within the office environment. Remember, recycling e-waste is difficult and expensive. Finally, Recycle.

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Millions of tons of plastic are trashed every year. But what if we used it to pave our roads?

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This article first appeared in Yale Environment 360. . It’s expensive, complicated, technical, and much easier just to burn it. Since MacRebur’s launch in 2016, its materials have gone into hundreds of miles of roads, paths, driveways and parking lots in Turkey, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Australia, New Zealand and elsewhere.

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Christoph Fleischmann of Arthur | Bridging the Hybrid Work Divide with Mixed Reality

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In 2016, Fleischmann founded Arthur Technologies, a VR-based dynamic collaboration meeting solution. In 2016, Fleischmann founded Arthur Technologies. What’s really going to happen, in your view, to where it allows Third World environments to catch up and how will that happen? Water or telephone even in many parts.

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Miro Miroslavov CEO & Co-founder OfficeRnD | Embracing Flexibility in Business

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Frank Cottle [00:18:54] And these are people that work in a hybrid environment, what people are calling a hybrid. But I really think it’s more of a nomadic environment. And I was just as productive in that environment. We’ve been saying that since about 2016 or 17. Cities are expensive. It makes sense.

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WEEE Recycling Is Not Just Good Business – It’s the Law

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The European Parliament wants to see illegal shipments reduced to less than 15% by the year 2016, and the expectation is that manufacturers will pick up the responsibility and expense to see that this reduction occurs. Donations to under-privileged individuals or groups could be promoted through tax credit incentives.

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Key Steps to Improving Employee Retention

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Combine this with changing labor-force economics , employee retention has become a challenge leaders need to pay attention to in 2016. Create a safe environment for employees to provide honest feedback. Research shows the cost to replace senior leaders is 1.5 And then listen to them. Really listen.

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The Executive/Executive Assistant Business Partnership

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C REATING A NEW DIALOGUE; An Interview on Essential Workplace Values: Curiosity, Passion, Optimism with Erika Andersen, Author & Founder/Partner, Proteus International The following interview was published by C-Suite Executive Support Professionals in their September 2016 newsletter and is shared here with their permission.