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After Dump, What Happens To Electronic Waste? : NPR - 0 views

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shared by Adriana Trujillo on 20 Jun 13 - No Cached
  • Recyclers can make money from selling scavenged metal from electronic
  • equipment,
  • the process to retrieve usable metals is typically extremely toxic
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  • These so-called recyclers have found that that they can make a lot more money just exporting this material, because the U.S. laws completely allow it to happen
  • is first looking to see if old equipment can be reused
  • reputable recyclers will use mechanical shredding and a high-tech
  • Basel Action Network
  • Adriana Trujillo on 20 Jun 13
     
    NPR 2010 waste ending up in different countries where it is toxic to the env. and workers.
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Frustrated Tar Sands Industry Looks for Arctic Export Route by Ed Struzik: Yale Environ... - 0 views

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shared by Del Birmingham on 09 Apr 15 - No Cached
  • Del Birmingham on 09 Apr 15
     
    With the Keystone XL and other pipeline projects running into stiff opposition, Alberta's tar sands industry is facing growing pressure to find ways to get its oil to market. One option under consideration would be to ship the oil via an increasingly ice-free Arctic Ocean.
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