INFORM E Waste Legislation Feed - 0 views
EPA catches Monterey Park recycler improperly sending waste to China - SGVTribune.com - 0 views
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A Monterey Park company has been caught by federal officials trying to send 32,000 pounds of hazardous waste from old televisions and computer monitors to China in violation of federal environmental regulations. The company, ZKW Trading, attempted to ship two 40-foot containers filled with cathode ray tubes (CRTs) - the video display parts from televisions and computer monitors that are high in lead content - to Hong Kong
Reconnect - Computer Equipment Recycling - 0 views
Today's new gadget gift could be tomorrow's e-waste - 0 views
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Thousands of televisions, computers, cellphones and other electronic gadgets will be relegated to obsolete status during the holiday season as gift-giving brings new technology to homes across the country. Some of those "old" electronics will find a second life through donations or recycling programs, but most will sit in basements or drawers before being sent to landfill or exported overseas. "It's a growing problem," said Shirley Thompson, an assistant professor at the University of Manitoba Natural Resources Institute. "These items contain toxic metals and other chemicals and often they are ending up in landfills."
E-Waste - 'Motherboard of All Problems' | CommonDreams.org - 0 views
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With electronic items high on Christmas shopping lists, a new report is calling on the government to ensure that manufacturers collect and recycle unwanted computers and mobile phones to protect environmental and human health. This is the motherboard of all problems. Federal and state governments must act to stop the dumping of millions of electronic items in landfill each year," says Jeff Angel, director of the Total Environment Centre (TEC), an independent Australian green organisation.
Don't throw away that old TV or computer -- E-cycle it! | KOMO News - Seattle, Washingt... - 0 views
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Maybe you just got a new TV or computer. Great. What's going to happen to the old one? You could sell it, donate it or recycle it. Just don't throw it in the trash."There are so many toxics in electronics it is very important that they be kept out of the landfill," said Tom Watson, King County's Eco-Consumer. He says those toxic materials include mercury, cadmium and lead. "In some of some of the older computer monitors and TVs, there are more than 4 pounds of lead in those," he said.
Getting the jump on 'E-Cycle' - 0 views
Recycling electronics | Yahoo! Green - 0 views
Computers and the Environment: Understanding and Managing their Impacts - 0 views
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Book edited by Ruediger Kuehr and Eric Williams; "Collecting perspectives from manufacturers, recyclers, environmental scientists and policy analysts, the volume presents a set of analyses on issues important for understanding and planning response to the environmental challenges posed by computers."; this page includes table of contents and link to ordering information
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