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Title What Is the impact of E-waste? [electronic resource] / Tamara Thompson, editor.

Imprint Detroit, Mich. : Greenhaven Press, 2012.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Gale Electronic Resource  Electronic Resource    ---  Available
Series At issue
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Access limited to licensed institutions.
Summary "What Is the Impact of E-Waste?: Electronic Waste: An Overview; Planned Obsolescence Creates Unnecessary E-Waste; Developing Countries Are A Dumping Ground for Hazardous E-Waste; Illegal E-Waste from America Poisons Communities Overseas; Cell Phones Create Especially Problematic E-Waste; Prison Recycling Programs Are Dangerous for Inmates; Manufacturers Should Be Responsible for the E-Waste Their Products Generate; Consumers Should Dispose of Their E-Waste Properly; The Government Must Regulate E-Waste; The E-Waste Problem Is Greatly Exaggerated; Electronics Recycling Standards Often Fall Short; E-Waste Recycling Certification Will Help Stem the Illegal Waste Trade; Precious Metals from E-Waste Could Be Tomorrow's Jewelry"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Electronic waste -- Juvenile literature.
Electronic apparatus and appliances -- Environmental aspects -- Juvenile literature.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Environmental Science & Ecosystems
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Science / Sociology
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Thompson, Tamara.
ISBN 9780737756067 (hardback)
9780737756074 (paperback)

 
    
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