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Recycling Computers and Electronic Equipment: Legislative and Regulatory Approaches for E-Waste

Recycling Computers and Electronic Equipment: Legislative and Regulatory Approaches for E-Waste

McCarthy, James E.

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General Political Science

ISBN10: 1288673558
ISBN13: 9781288673551
Publisher: Bibliogov
Published: Jan 29 2013
Pages: 26
Weight: 0.15
Height: 0.05 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
Rapid growth in the use of computers and the incorporation of electronic features in a wide array of consumer products have been among the most important driving forces of the nation's economy during the last decade; but they also pose major potential environmental problems. In addition to producing better products, the improvements in technology have created growing volumes of obsolete products to be managed as waste. According to the National Safety Council, which undertook the first major effort to gather quantitative information on electronic product recycling, 55.4 million personal computers will become obsolete in the United States in 2002. At an average weight of 70 pounds, obsolete PCs weighing 3.878 billion pounds will be added to the supply of waste needing management in 2002 alone.

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