Nations May Reuse More Electronics Than Thought - 0 views
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"At least 85 percent of discarded computers imported to Peru are reused, as opposed to going directly to recycling. [... Thus,] the image of the trade in e-waste as mainly being about dumping unusable junk is, at least for Peru, inaccurate."
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Eunice Vincent on 19 Aug 09Social: Globalization
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"highly dynamic flow [that] reuses and recycles almost every part and material found in a computer,"
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that it is possible to stop the environmentally damaging practices without diluting or eliminating informal dismantling and collection. This informal reuse and recycling sector is valuable for generating employment in the country and in making computing technology more accessible to low-income families and small businesses, the paper contends.