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Old World Successes And New World Challenge: Reducing The Computer Waste Stream In America, Shawn Apostel, Kristi Apostel
Old World Successes And New World Challenge: Reducing The Computer Waste Stream In America, Shawn Apostel, Kristi Apostel
Shawn Apostel
This chapter considers the toxic waste stream our disciplinary activities have created and will create and encourages us (technology-inclined academics) to consider even more carefully what sort of environmental impact we will be making as our projects and programs succeed.
The current picture, incidentally, is both bleak and hopeful. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says that from 2000 to 2007, upwards of 500 million personal computers will enter the municipal solid waste stream in America. This is a crisis not only because of the amount of computers ready for disposal, but also because of their toxic byproducts, including lead, mercury, …