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High tech trash : digital devices, hidden toxics, and human health /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Grossman, Elizabeth, 1957-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington : Island Press/Shearwater Books, [2006]
Subjects:
Electronic waste.
Electronic apparatus and appliances > Environmental aspects.
Electronic apparatus and appliances > Health aspects.
Product life cycle.
Online Access:Table of contents
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Table of Contents:
  • Ch.1. The underside of high tech
  • Ch.2. Raw materials: where bits, bytes, and the earth's crust coincide
  • Ch.3. Producing high tech: the environmental impact
  • Ch.4. High-tech manufacture and human health
  • Ch.5. Flame retardants: a tale of toxics
  • Ch.6. When high tech electronics become trash
  • Ch.7. Not in our backyard: exploring electronic waste
  • Ch.8. The politics of recycling
  • Ch.9. A land ethic for the digital age
  • Appendix: How to recycle a computer, cell phone, TV, or other digital devices.