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RECORD NUMBER: 13 OF 21| Main Title | High tech trash : digital devices, hidden toxics, and human health / | |||||||||||
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| Author | Grossman, Elizabeth | |||||||||||
| Publisher | Island Press/Shearwater Books, | |||||||||||
| Year Published | 2006 | |||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 64084235 | |||||||||||
| ISBN | 1559635541 (cloth : alk. paper) | |||||||||||
| Subjects | Waste electronic apparatus and appliances ; Electronic apparatus and appliances--Environmental aspects ; Electronic apparatus and appliances--Health aspects ; Product life cycle | |||||||||||
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| Collation | xiv, 334 p. ; 24 cm. | |||||||||||
| Notes | Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-322) and index. |
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| Contents Notes | 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. |