Hope you like...The New Face of E-Waste ?
For years now many of us have worked to alleviate the problem of E-Waste – the growing piles of electronic junk that either lands in our wastestream or is exported to developing countries, where improper disposal frequently exposes the local population to health and environmental risks.
But consider this – the developing world also represents a large growth market for PCs and other consumer electronics. What happens to all those products at the end of their use ? In a new study published this week in the American Chemical Society’s semi-monthly journal Environmental Science & Technology, the authors claim that developing countries will produce at least twice as much electronic waste, or e-waste, as developed countries by 2030.
Go to the study here