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LITTER UNLEASHED A new report alleges much of the used computer equipment being sent to developing countries for use in schools, businesses, and homes is not only unusable it is creating enormous environmental problems in some of the world's poorest places, according to the New York Times. The report by the Basal Action Network, a Seattle-based environmental organization, says tons of equipment neither operable nor repairable is donated or sold to developing nations by U.S. recycling businesses. The group charges many of these businesses with dodging the expense of recycling the equipment properly, instead dumping hazardous waste in many developing countries. The National Safety Council expected more than 63 million computers in the U.S. would be obsolete by the end of 2005; the average computer monitor contains as much as eight pounds of lead, along with plastics filled with flame retardants and cadmium, all of which can be harmful to humans and the environment. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency admits inappropriate practices have occurred in the recycling industry and has been working with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development countries to provide great
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- Author
- CACM Staff
- Publisher
- ACM
- Published
- 2006
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Computer Science (Physical Sciences)