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E-waste

Ghana, an E-Waste Graveyard

When you toss that old busted stereo or out-of-date analog television into the trash heap, where does it ultimately end up? Most likely in a poor community in a far-away country like Ghana, where electronic waste arrives on barges and sits in gigantic piles, contaminating the soil and water with toxic chemicals.
PBS Frontline investigated the [...]

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Mr. Trash Can Is Overworked!

Check out this cute animated video from GOOD about an over-worked American trash can. It serves as inspiration to reduce our own output of trash as well as industrial waste.

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The Digital Conversion Will Send Thousands of Useless TVs to Landfills

As the February 17th deadline for the digital TV conversion looms, more people are starting to wonder what can be done with all of the televisions that will become obsolete. State and local governments have been concerned about old TVs piling up in landfills since the switch was first announced, and some have developed special [...]

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The World’s First Carbon Neutral Cell Phone

Motorola has unveiled the world’s first carbon neutral cell phone, the Renew W233. Tackling the massive problem of e-waste, Motorola designed the Renew W233 to be the first certified Carbonfree cell phone on the market with 100% recyclable housing made from recycled water bottles.
Inhabitat reports that an astounding 426,000 cell phones are retired every single [...]

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China’s Dirty Secret: 60 Minutes Follows America’s Electronic Waste

The gangs who run the electronic wasteland in China don’t want you to see it. In fact, they’re so keen on keeping it out of the media that they attacked a 60 Minutes crew that was attempting to document the frightening, toxic mess full of lead, cadmium, chromium, polyvinyl chloride and other dangerous substances. But, [...]

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