High tech trash : digital devices, hidden toxics, and human health /
Grossman, Elizabeth, 1957-
High tech trash : digital devices, hidden toxics, and human health / Digital devices, hidden toxics, and human health Elizabeth Grossman. - Washington : Island Press : Shearwater Books, c2006. - xiv, 334 p. ; 24 cm.
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.
1559635541 (cloth : alk. paper)
2006004549
Electronic waste.
Electronic apparatus and appliances--Environmental aspects.
Electronic apparatus and appliances--Health aspects.
Product life cycle.
TD 799.85 / .G76 2006
363.72/87
High tech trash : digital devices, hidden toxics, and human health / Digital devices, hidden toxics, and human health Elizabeth Grossman. - Washington : Island Press : Shearwater Books, c2006. - xiv, 334 p. ; 24 cm.
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.
1559635541 (cloth : alk. paper)
2006004549
Electronic waste.
Electronic apparatus and appliances--Environmental aspects.
Electronic apparatus and appliances--Health aspects.
Product life cycle.
TD 799.85 / .G76 2006
363.72/87