Screen LibraryHigh tech trash：digital devices, hidden toxics, and human health
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Island Press/Shearwater Books,
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| Publisher Address: | Washington |
| Publication Dates: | c2006. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xiv, 334 p.: ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
1559635541 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781559635547 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | X76 |
| CLC: | X76 |
| Call Number: | X76/G878 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-322) 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. |