The Chemicals In My Computer (E-waste Recycling) - 1 views
Ghana: Digital Dumping Ground - 2 views
The Green IT Review - 0 views
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If you want to keep up to date with what's going on in the world of green ICT, take a look at The Green IT Review. This blog covers significant industry-related news, and highlights issues and trends, with a focus not so much on what happened today, but what it means for tomorrow. The Green IT Review is read by people in more than 75 countries across the globe, with a significant number of registered readers receiving news by email every day. News and comment from the site is reproduced in a number of web sites and publications in North America, Canada, Europe and Australia.
Information Economy:Search Results - 0 views
Toxic chemicals in computers reloaded - 2 views
E-Waste: How the Companies Line Up. - 0 views
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Simple but effective site - it gives electronics manufacturers a rank out of 10 for their environmental policies, including take-back policies and use of toxic chemicals. Updated often, and allows you to track whether manufacturers have risen or fallen in the rankings. Last updated January 2010. (the links on the left of the page contain lots of useful information and multimedia about e-waste too).
Scraplife - E-Waste in Pakistan - 2 views
Poisoning the Poor - 2 views
Following the E-Waste Trail - 0 views
YouTube - Electronic Trash Village - China - 0 views
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September 2007 Every year, 35 million tonnes of electronic waste is exported to China to be scrapped. There the rubbish is broken down by hand, poisoning workers and polluting the environment. "Smoke from the computers is too strong to breathe", complains one disposal worker. "I feel dizzy and can't see any more". Many employees at the electronic disposal plant suffer from respiratory illness or skin diseases. They work for ten hours a day, with no protection from the hazardous chemicals.