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High tech trash [electronic resource] : digital devices, hidden toxics, and human health / Elizabeth Grossman.

By: Grossman, Elizabeth, 1957-.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Washington : Island Press : Shearwater Books, c2006Description: xiv, 334 p. ; 24 cm.Other title: Digital devices, hidden toxics, and human health.Subject(s): Waste electronic apparatus and appliances | Electronic apparatus and appliances -- Environmental aspects | Electronic apparatus and appliances -- Health aspects | Product life cycleGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 363.72/87 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
The underside of high tech -- Raw materials : where bits, bytes, and the earth's crust coincide -- Producing high tech : the environmental impact -- High-tech manufacture and human health -- Flame retardants : a tale of toxics -- When high tech electronics become trash -- Not in our backyard : exporting electronic waste -- The politics of recycling -- A land ethic for the digital age -- Appendix. How to recycle a computer, cell phone, TV, or other digital devices.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The underside of high tech -- Raw materials : where bits, bytes, and the earth's crust coincide -- Producing high tech : the environmental impact -- High-tech manufacture and human health -- Flame retardants : a tale of toxics -- When high tech electronics become trash -- Not in our backyard : exporting electronic waste -- The politics of recycling -- A land ethic for the digital age -- Appendix. How to recycle a computer, cell phone, TV, or other digital devices.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.