Electronic Waste: GLRPPR Sector Resources

News: WI: Wisconsin Bans Trashing of Electronics

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:45:58 GMT

Wisconsin consumers have had to say goodbye to the days of dumping electronic waste in landfills. Under a new law that moves the financial burden from local governments to manufacturers, users now have to recycle their old computers, cell phones and other electronic devices instead of tossing them in the trash.

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News: Designer Creates Dress With Recycled Wires

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:14:20 GMT

Electronic waste can sometimes find a surprising second lease on life, as designer Tina Sparkles has proved by making a dress using recycled wires.

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News: Beware: Toxins in E-Waste

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:58:49 GMT

For all of the good in recycling and reusing old electronics, we must examine some of the potential hazards. All e-waste materials have toxins embedded within, and the processes used to extract the valued commodities -- gold, silver, platinum, copper, palladium, plastics, glass, etc. -- are risky, potentially exposing workers to highly toxic materials.

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News: GAO e-Waste Report Misses the Mark on Basel Convention

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:57:31 GMT

The U.S. Congress released a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report yesterday that addresses the management and trade of hazardous electronic wastes. The report correctly urges the EPA to deal with the massive flows of U.S. e-waste. However, according to the Electronic TakeBak Coalition, it misses the mark in recommending that the EPA put forward legislation that would ratify the Basel Convention, without first prohibiting the export of hazardous electronic waste to developing countries.

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News: E-recycling program might not be achieving its full potential

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:55:50 GMT

An Environmental Protection Agency program that encourages federal agencies to recycle old computers and other electronics has achieved limited success throughout government and the nation, federal auditors said.

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News: Technology Is Never Neutral

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:54:13 GMT

For some parts of the world, technology has come to deliver longer lives, better health and greater conveniences. However, that progress has also come at a cost to other parts of the world. We live in an era of cheap, disposable electronic consumer goods, and it's taken its toll on places where products are made before they're delivered to you, and where they go after they're tossed aside for the next big thing.

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News: GAO Releases Report on Electronics Recycling

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:52:36 GMT

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released a report with its recommendations to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on next steps to safely increase the recycling of obsolete electronics.

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News: State mandates e-waste program

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:43:42 GMT

Vermont has had almost 100 percent compliance as it rolls out its new e-waste program, which is intended to cut down on the amount of electronic waste that ends up in the state's landfills.

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News: Smartphone, HDTV Boom Begets Gargantuan E-Waste Problem

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:42:27 GMT

The digital media revolution promises to improve the quality of our lives though an expanded capacity to communicate, collaborate, learn and make informed decisions. Yet our seemingly insatiable demand for digital media is driving a proliferation of consumer electronic devices and IT infrastructure, which are significantly contributing to a tsunami of toxic electronic waste.

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News: Scientists Concerned About Environmental Impact of Recycling of E-Waste

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:39:58 GMT

Much of the world's electronic waste is being shipped to China for recycling and the cottage industry that has sprung up there to recover usable materials from computers, cell phones, televisions and other goods may be creating significant health and environmental hazards.

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