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e-Waste

Basel Action Network
Links to many issues in digital dumping and a call to action to help stop it.

California e-waste Updates
Website provides updates of California 'Digital Dumps' Heap Hazards at Foreign Sites
The trend of sending old, excess equipment to third world countries.

Electronics Take Back Coalition
Wide range of documentation on E-Waste regulations and dumping. Includes an in-depth study of the dumping of electronic equipment in Africa

Digital Dump Creates Concerns
Article detailing San Antonio’s concerns with sending digital equipment overseas.

e-Waste Impact of IP Telephony
Description of how IP telephony hardware may result in 47 million kg of waste in Europe in 2008. This company projects itself as a solutions provider, but the implications of such waste may be significant.

Electronic Waste Guide
A page with four country case studies – Switzerland, South Africa, China, and India. There site also has facts and figures as well as a discussion forum on services.

Tech Soup
Provides ten tips for donating a computer.

Toxic E-Waste Gets Cached in Poor Nations, Report
National Geographic discusses the environmental dangers of digital dumping.

Where Does E-Waste End Up?
Greenpeace article that includes an interesting map graphic detailing e-waste flow. 

Planet Green
A collection of current news stories and developments in e-waste management

US Committee on Science and Technology
Committee Briefings and Updates on US e-Waste Policy Developments

E-Waste State Regulation
Compiled map displaying states with e-waste legislation and links to state e-waste sites.

 

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