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Electronic Waste Needs to Go Green
Nov 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Americans love their consumer electronics, but what happens to all the gadgets when their useful life is over? Despite being one of the largest generators of "e-waste" in the world, the U.S. has no federal ...
It's safer to recycle, not dump, toxic electronics
Apr 27, 2009 |
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Standing in the bed of a pickup truck backed against the concrete ledge of the dump, the silhouette of an adult male teeters for a moment, a small but bulky television set held high overhead.
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'Catastrophic' e-waste fuels global toxic dump
Nov 13, 2009 |
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A "catastrophic accumulation" of dozens of millions of tonnes of "e-waste" from computers, cellphones and television sets is fuelling a global pile of hazardous waste, an international body warned Friday.
Elevated concentrations of metals in China’s e-waste recycling workshops
Mar 31, 2008 |
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In a case study on how not to recycle electronic waste (e-waste), scientists in the United States and Hong Kong have documented serious environmental contamination with potentially toxic metals from crude ...
Information superhighway’s trash yields a super highway asphalt
Feb 11, 2009 |
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Discarded electronic hardware, including bits and pieces that built the information superhighway, can be recycled into an additive that makes super-strong asphalt paving material for real highways, researchers in China are ...
Electronics waste an environmental test
Nov 11, 2007 |
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U.S. environmental groups and consumer electronics groups warn electronic waste is adding dangerous levels of lead to the environment.
China world's e-waste dump site
Jan 09, 2007 |
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China is the world's dump for electronic waste with about 70 percent of the industry's material smuggled into the country, a Chinese scientist said.
The e-waste dilemma
Nov 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Electronic devices could create significant environmental and health problems after they are thrown away. UC Irvine researchers are working with engineers, manufacturers and public health ...
Old cell phones make new businesses
Jan 14, 2008 |
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The hundreds of millions of cellular phones cast aside each year worldwide have spawned a booming recycling industry.
New use for human hair
Dec 29, 2008 |
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Agricultural crop production relies on composted waste materials and byproducts, such as animal manure, municipal solid waste composts, and sewage sludge, as a necessary nutrient source. Studies have shown that human hair, ...
E-waste in trash prohibited in California
Feb 10, 2006 |
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It is illegal in California to place most consumer electronics, such as computers and televisions, as well as fluorescent bulbs and batteries in the trash.
EU's e-waste rules affect global market
Jan 04, 2007 |
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Three European Union rules on e-waste -- used computer hardware -- likely will touch off a ripple effect beyond Europe, a U.S. researcher says.
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