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

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Main Author: Grossman, Elizabeth, 1957-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington : Island Press : Shearwater Books, c2006.
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Table of Contents:
  • The underside of high tech
  • Raw materials : where bits, bytes, and the earth's crust coincide
  • Producing high tech : the environmental impact
  • High-tech manufacture and human health
  • Flame retardants : a tale of toxics
  • When high tech electronics become trash
  • Not in our backyard : exporting electronic waste
  • The politics of recycling
  • A land ethic for the digital age
  • Appendix. How to recycle a computer, cell phone, TV, or other digital devices.