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E-Waste: Tips for Recycling with a Clean Conscience

Up to 80% of the e-waste in the US is exported to impoverished companies, according to the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition [svtc.etoxics.org] (SVTC), and this is a bad thing. Toxic components are either openly burned, soaked in acid baths and dumped into rivers, or piled into mountains of e-waste for scrap recovery, where workers, including [...]