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Madeline Brownstone

Smuggling Europe's Waste to Poorer Countries - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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electronic waste recycling e-waste

shared by Madeline Brownstone on 08 Feb 10 - Cached
  • Madeline Brownstone on 08 Feb 10
     
    "In the United States, more states are passing laws that require the recycling of goods, especially electronics. But because the United States places fewer restrictions on trash exports and monitors them far less than Europe, that increasing volume is flowing relatively freely overseas, mostly legally, experts say"
T Graham

PIA Information Services - Philippine Information Agency - 0 views

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cell_phone_challenge cell phones environment

shared by T Graham on 04 Oct 09 - Cached
  • SM, NOKIA partner for cellphone waste collection
    • T Graham
      T Graham on 04 Oct 09
       
      This is an interesting topic because the actual cell phone providers are helping to recycle their own products. Usually it's a private group or organization.
  • promote promise of electronic recycling.
    • T Graham
      T Graham on 04 Oct 09
       
      Promotion is the key because it educates large numbers of people, making it easier to enforce the movement. Promotion from large companies makes it eaiser to reach the stakeholders.
  • She said this activity is in support to the earlier tie up of SM Supermalls where collaboration was made with concerned institutions and entities last September 2007
    • T Graham
      T Graham on 04 Oct 09
       
      With the large coporations and the concerned private groups joining together they will make a bigger difference. The coporations can easily pitch recycling ideas to their costumers and the organizations will provide information and ideas.
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  • "This we can say that SM is no longer just a business enterprise but is a partner in helping the environment," she added.
    • T Graham
      T Graham on 04 Oct 09
       
      This is where business and environment fuse together, to create an extremely helpful supercause. The business is not just making money its making money and saving the environment.
  • As we use, lose, abuse, and eventually upgrade our electronic tools we are leaving behind a massive transistor-filled leftover known as e-Waste. Thousands of mobile phones and all its accessories goes along with other e-Waste
    • T Graham
      T Graham on 04 Oct 09
       
      E-waste can affect our water, air and soil. The waste that comes from cell phones can also takes hndreds of years to completely disentegrate.
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