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		<title>New Focus for SEI</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With the new year comes a new focus for the Sustainable Electronics Initiative (SEI). SEI continues to be a consortium dedicated to the development and implementation of a more sustainable system for designing, producing, remanufacturing, and recycling electronic devices. Members of the consortium include academia, non-profit organizations, government agencies, manufacturers, designers, refurbishers and recyclers. Over [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wp.istc.illinois.edu/sei/2012/01/12/new-focus-for-sei/</link>
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		<title>2011 International E-Waste Design Competition Winners</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Winners have been announced in the International E-Waste Competition.  The competition is part of the Sustainable Electronics Initiative (SEI) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.﻿ College students and recent graduates from around the world were encouraged to submit their ideas for products or services.  The entries were ideas that prevent e-waste generation through life-cycle [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wp.istc.illinois.edu/sei/2011/06/15/2011-international-e-waste-design-competition-winners/</link>
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		<title>StEP E-Waste Summer School Call for Applicants; Deadline May 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Following the huge success of the E-waste Summer Schools in 2009 and 2010, the United Nations University Institute for Sustainability and Peace (UNU-ISP) has announced the call for applications for the StEP E-waste Summer School 2011. Now in its third edition, this year’s School will take place from 11 – 22 September in Eindhoven/Netherlands, Antwerp/Belgium and includes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wp.istc.illinois.edu/sei/2011/04/14/step-e-waste-summer-school-call-for-applicants-deadline-may-1/</link>
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		<title>International E-Waste Design Competition Deadline Extended</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In light of recent international events which may have impacted the lives of potential international competitors or international students studying within the U.S., event organizers have decided to extend the deadline for the 2011 International E-Waste Design Competition. Interested individuals or teams (of up to 5 people) may submit entries by 4:59 p.m. (Central Time), [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wp.istc.illinois.edu/sei/2011/04/01/international-e-waste-design-competition-deadline-extended/</link>
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		<title>Registration for Electronics and Sustainability Symposium is Open</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are happy to announce that the registration for the Second Annual Electronics and Sustainability Symposium is open! The symposium is taking place at the I-Hotel and Conference Center, in Champaign, Illinois,on March 23-24, 2011. This event will serve as a forum for welcoming new ideas and alternative methods for dealing with the current electronic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wp.istc.illinois.edu/sei/2011/01/21/registration-for-electronics-and-sustainability-symposium-is-open/</link>
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		<title>Registration Open for 2011 International E-Waste Design Competition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Registration is now open for this year&#8217;s International E-Waste Design Competition. College students and recent graduates are encouraged to submit their ideas for products or services that prevent e-waste generation through life-cycle considerations (E-Waste Prevention Category) or that incorporate e-waste components into a new and useful item (E-Waste Reuse Category). See the rules posted on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wp.istc.illinois.edu/sei/2011/01/17/registration-open-for-2011-international-e-waste-design-competition/</link>
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		<title>Don&#039;t Forget Electronics on America Recycles Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Happy America Recycles Day! Celebrated annually on November 15, America Recycles Day is a program of Keep America Beautiful, Inc. Those of us who were alive in the 1970s will remember Keep America Beautiful, or KAB, as the folks who brought us one the most successful public service campaigns ever, in the form of a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wp.istc.illinois.edu/sei/2010/11/15/dont-forget-electronics-on-america-recycles-day/</link>
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		<title>Call for Papers for Electronics &amp; Sustainability: Design for Energy and the Environment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The second annual SEI Symposium, Electronics &#38; Sustainability: Design for Energy and the Environment, is scheduled for March 23-24, 2011 on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The call for papers is available online. The annual symposium brings together members of industry, academia, government, technical assistance providers, representatives of relevant non-profit organizations, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wp.istc.illinois.edu/sei/2010/11/05/call-for-papers-for-electronics-sustainability-design-for-energy-and-the-environment/</link>
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		<title>New Leadership for SEI</title>
		<description><![CDATA[William Bullock has agreed to provide interim leadership for the Sustainable Electronics Initiative (SEI), and Dr. Manohar Kulkarni will serve as the PI for the project. Professor Bullock is the Director of the Design for Energy and Environment Laboratory (DEE Lab) at the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center (ISTC), the host agency for SEI. The DEE [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wp.istc.illinois.edu/sei/2010/11/05/new-leadership-for-sei/</link>
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		<title>ISTC Technical Assistance Program Director Moving On After 19 Years</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Tim Lindsey is leaving the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center (ISTC) to take another job with the University of Illinois.  Dr. Lindsey has been an Associate Director of ISTC and head of the Technical Assistance Program. He now will be the Director of Energy and Sustainable Business Programs at the U of I – Business [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wp.istc.illinois.edu/sei/2010/10/12/istc-technical-assistance-program-director-moving-on-after-19-years/</link>
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