SPECIAL REPORT: Electronics Waste
E-Waste Brings Together Industry, Activists, And Government--But Is Consensus Near?

ISSUE: Volume 12, Number 11 November 2002

ABSTRACT:

Like the automobile, electronic equipment—most prevalently, the television and the computer—is an integral part of the American landscape. But where five-, ten-, and twenty-year-old cars can still travel roads and highways with little difficulty, the pace of technology means computers become little more than expensive paperweights after just a few years. Virtually every PC owner today has one or more old machines sitting in a closet or a garage.

SECTIONS:

-‘Exporting Harm’: Changing The Stakes
-State Governments: Front-Line E-Waste Management
-Manufacturers: Liable At Both Ends Of The Life Cycle?
-NEPSI: Working Toward Stakeholder Consensus
-E-Waste Recycling Companies: Setting The Standard
-The Effects Of ‘Exporting Harm’
-The Future: Is An E-Waste Flood Imminent?

DATA:

-Table: More resources: Further Reading on E-Waste

-Complex landfill closure

-Solid Waste Price Index: November 2002

PROJECT PROFILE:

Kleinfelder

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