The True Cost of Waste: Current Issues in Electronic Waste - Softcover

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Our hunger for new technologies and discarding old ones is creating significant waste stockpiles. Heavy metals, phthalates, halogens, and other toxic materials used in the manufacturing of new products, are especially dangerous. They have the potential to create toxic long-term ground, air, and water pollution, resulting in illnesses and deaths. Increased development and rapid global adoption of future technologies without careful attention to these issues will further exacerbate the situation. With electronic waste increasing over 5% annually, it is imperative that we find innovative ways to mitigate their toxic impact before we are buried under our discarded technologies.

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