Greener Electronics | Greenpeace International
source: http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/toxics/electronics
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The world is consuming more and more electronic products every year. This has caused a dangerous explosion in electronic scrap (e-waste) containing toxic chemicals and heavy metals that cannot be disposed of or recycled safely. But this problem can be avoided.
Every year, hundreds of thousands of old computers and mobile phones are dumped in landfills or burned in smelters. Thousands more are exported, often illegally, from the Europe, US, Japan and other industrialised countries, to Asia. There, workers at scrap yards, some of whom are children, are exposed to a cocktail of toxic chemicals and poisons.
The rate at which these mountains of obsolete electronic products are growing will reach crisis proportions unless electronics corporations that profit from making and selling these devices face up to their responsibilities.
It is possible to make clean, durable products that can be upgraded, recycled, or disposed of safely and don't end up as hazardous waste in someone's backyard.
LINKS:
Learn more about e-waste go to: http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/toxics/electronics/the-e-waste...,
What happens after it is thrown away: http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/toxics/electronics/where-does-...
Which companies are top and bottom of the toxic product class: http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/toxics/electronics/how-the-com...
Solutions to the problem: http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/toxics/electronics/solutions
Every year, hundreds of thousands of old computers and mobile phones are dumped in landfills or burned in smelters. Thousands more are exported, often illegally, from the Europe, US, Japan and other industrialised countries, to Asia. There, workers at scrap yards, some of whom are children, are exposed to a cocktail of toxic chemicals and poisons.
The rate at which these mountains of obsolete electronic products are growing will reach crisis proportions unless electronics corporations that profit from making and selling these devices face up to their responsibilities.
It is possible to make clean, durable products that can be upgraded, recycled, or disposed of safely and don't end up as hazardous waste in someone's backyard.
LINKS:
Learn more about e-waste go to: http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/toxics/electronics/the-e-waste...,
What happens after it is thrown away: http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/toxics/electronics/where-does-...
Which companies are top and bottom of the toxic product class: http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/toxics/electronics/how-the-com...
Solutions to the problem: http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/toxics/electronics/solutions
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