Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Originally Published: High-Tech Wasteland, July/Aug. 2004; pp. 18-23.
"According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), more than two million tons of high-tech electronics are dumped in U.S. landfills each year, and only about 10 percent of discarded personal computers are recycled." (ORION) This article discusses the problems associated with the disposal of electronic waste such as computers, cell phones and other electronic products.
1522-3264;
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Computer input-output equipment Hazardous wastes Household electronics Recycling (Waste Refuse and refuse disposal Sanitary landfills Waste electronic apparatus and appliances