As an advocate for technological advancement, I’m constantly criticized about the harm machines do to our planet. Just recently, as I was talking to someone at a conference in Washington, DC about digital technology being the wave of the future, this person response sounded like the concerns I hear more and more frequently. “What about the pollution? What about the toxins in our water supply? What are we going to do with all that waste metal? ... (Read more)Reference:
The Economics of Electronics Recycling: New Approaches to Extended Producer Responsibility
High Tech Trash: Digital Devices, Hidden Toxics, and Human Health
Recycling of Electronic Waste II: Proceedings of the Second Symposium
Recycling Electrical and Electronic Equipment 4: Conference Proceedings, 6-7 November 2001
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