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Feb 27, 2013 - Guardian Sustainable Business - Social Impact Hub

-▶ THE HUMAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL COST OF NEW TECHNOLOGY

From mountains of electronic waste to conflict minerals, digital technology has a powerful social and environmental impact - could the media be the real enemy of sustainability?... http://www.guardian.co.uk/sustainable-business/human-environmental-cost-new-technology


Guardian Sustainable Business, March23, 2015
-▶ WE'RE ALL LOSERS TO A GADGET INDUSTRY BUILT ON PLANNED OBSOLESCENCE http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2015/mar/23/were-are-all-losers-to-gadget-industry-built-on-planned-obsolescence


New Scientist, February 17, 2015
-▶ SEE ONE OF THE WORLD'S DIRTIEST JOBS : eWASTE http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22530080.100-see-one-of-the-worlds-dirtiest-jobs-ewaste-disposal.html


Quartz, December 06, 2014
-▶ ETHICALLY SOURCED iPHONES ARE RUINING THE CONGO.  GO SEE THE GORILLAS AND SAVE IT http://qz.com/307478/ethically-sourced-iphones-are-ruining-the-congo-go-see-the-gorillas-and-help-save-it/


September 13, 2013 Climate Progress
▶  TO SATIATE THE WORLD'S DEMAND FOR CELL PHONES, WE'RE TURNING NEW ZEALAND'S PRISTINE COAST INTO A STRIP MINE http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/09/13/2612911/seabed-mining-zealand/

 

Truthout, January 13, 2014
-▶ U.S. APPEALS COURT MULLS RULE MANDATING DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICT MINERALS IN U.S. ELECTRONICS http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/21142-appeals-court-mulls-rule-mandating-disclosure-of-conflict-minerals-in-us-electronicshttp://www.truth-out.org/news/item/21142-appeals-court-mulls-rule-mandating-disclosure-of-conflict-minerals-in-us-electronics


Bombay Financial Express, May 26, 2014
▶   DIGITAL DUMP IS INCREASING. Our world is filled with old and obsolete gadgets, which means that smarter and more efficient technologies for recycling e-waste are desperately needed. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/digital-dump-is-increasing/1254377


EurActive

▶   FITTING e-WASTE INTO THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY. SPECIAL REPORT / Phones, computers, washing machines - integrating a few core principles, such as the waste hierarchy, into the manufacturing of these products can reduce their environmental impact and allow for a functioning circular economy, according to analysts http://www.euractiv.com/sections/circular-economy/fitting-e-waste-circular-economy-302645


Quartz, December 06, 2014
-▶ ETHICALLY SOURCED iPHONES ARE RUINING THE CONGO.  GO SEE THE GORILLAS AND SAVE IT http://qz.com/307478/ethically-sourced-iphones-are-ruining-the-congo-go-see-the-gorillas-and-help-save-it/


Population Reference Bureau
-▶ THE HUMAN AND ENVIRONMENT EFFECTS OF E-WASTE What are the human and environmental costs of new technology? http://www.prb.org/Publications/Articles/2013/e-waste.aspx


Al Jazeera English, September 25, 2014
-▶ INVESTIGATION:  ON THE e-WASTE TRAIL. An investigation into the toxic trail of illegal e-waste that is ushered from the first to the third world .http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/witness/2014/09/e-waste-trail-2014924132443417118.html


The Ecologist, August 07, 2014
-▶ E-WASTE IN GHANA:  WHERE DEATH IS THE PRICE OF LIVING ANOTHER DAY. "Eleven years ago Agbogbloshie was an amazingly beautiful place with rivers, a lagoon and many fish; a paradise."Now the river is dead. The only things fishermen catch are computers and refrigerators" http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2503820/ewaste_in_ghana_where_death_is_the_price_of_living_another_day.html


The Economist, September 06, 2014
-▶ WHERE GADGETS GO TO DIE. A growing mountain of electronic waste needs to be disposed of responsibly by rich nations rather than shipped to poorer countries to do the dirty work http://www.economist.com/news/technology-quarterly/21615032-growing-mountain-electronic-waste-needs-be-disposed-responsibly-rich



                                                            VIDEO

                                  ELECTRONIC WASTE IN GHANA

                              Nation of Change, February 04, 2014
-▶ HOW AMERICA HELPED BUILD AFRICA'S E-WASTELAND. ... an estimated population of 40,000 men, women and children living in shacks built from scrap metal. It is the world’s largest dumpsite for electronic waste. By refusing to implement Basel Ban measures, America can trade its e-waste to whomever it desires. This has given America the unique freedom to export asbestos, lead acid batteries and cadmium contaminated sludge “to developing countries ill equipped to deal with such wastes.” http://www.nationofchange.org/how-america-helped-build-africa-s-e-wasteland-1391523813



                                 Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
                                  WHAT IS ELECTRONIC WASTE?

                     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_waste

 


 Al Jazeera, December 13, 2013
-▶ UN SAYS E-WASTE PROBLEM GROWING FAST http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/12/15/u-n-says-e-wastetogrowbyonethird.html


The Guardian, December 14, 2013
-▶ ELECTRONIC WASTE: WE MUST DESIGN GADGETS THAT DON'T POISON THE PLANET. We discard huge amounts of electronics every year, creating a toxic wasteland – often in the poorest countries... http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/dec/14/observer-editorial-electronic-toxic-waste

 

Guardian, December 14, 2013
TOXIC 'e-WASTE' DUMPED IN POOR NATIONS, SAYS UNITED NATIONS http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2013/dec/14/toxic-ewaste-illegal-dumping-developing-countries

 

                                 StEP E-WASTE WORLD MAP
           http://www.step-initiative.org/index.php/WorldMap.html


 

Population Reference Bureau
-▶ THE HUMAN AND ENVIRONMENT EFFECTS OF E-WASTE http://www.prb.org/Publications/Articles/2013/e-waste.aspx

 

The Lancet Global Health
-▶ HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF EXPOSURE TO E-WASTE: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW http://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X%2813%2970101-3/abstract

 

Planet Forward
-▶ THE RACE TO REDUCE E-WASTE http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=a298e5a60cfe1908859f09cab&id=2cd3dfc842&e=dbd767c3dd

 

Environmental Protection, January 29, 2013
-▶ E-WASTE AND THE SUPPLY CHAIN: HELPING THE ENVIRONMENT BOOSTS BUSINESS PROFITS TOO http://eponline.com/articles/2013/01/29/e-waste-and-the-supply-chain.aspx


I Count For MyEarth, November 10, 2010
-▶ ELECTRONICS WASTE PILES HIGHER THAN Mt EVEREST -- EVERY YEAR http://icountformyearth.com/2010/11/10/electronics-waste-piles-higher-than-mt-everest-every-year/

 

                                                    WATCH

                 "UNWASTED: THE FUTURE OF BUSINESS ON EARTH"

                               Beyond Recycling and the Circular Economy

                                            http://sco.lt/4q18KX


  Guardian Environment, George Monbiot, April 12, 2013

-▶  LET'S STOP HIDING BEHIND RECYCLING AND BE HONEST ABOUT CONSUMPTION http://www.theguardian.com/environment/georgemonbiot/2013/apr/12/escalating-consumption



Mongabay, December 10, 2013
-▶ AVERAGE AMERICAN CONSUMES 50,000 POUNDS OF RAW MATERIALS ANNUALLY FOR THE STUFF THEY BUY http://news.mongabay.com/2013/1210-dimitrova-raw-materials.html


  -▶  THE WORLD IS SITTING ON A CONSUMPTION TIME BOMB http://sco.lt/7sR3eT



  -▶  MODERN SLAVERY WILL CONTINUE IF CORPORATIONS KEEP PASSING THE BUCK: THE SUPPLY CHAIN http://sco.lt/87TMnJ


 

  -▶ DEEP SEA MINING RUSH MOVES CLOSER AS ICE MELTS: DEVASTATING OCEAN SEABEDS, DESTROYING UNKNOWN ECOSYSTEMS http://sco.lt/85WcRl


 -▶ MINING, FOREIGN LAND GRABS ENDANGERING LOCAL COMMUNITIES, ENVIRONMENT AND ECOSYSTEMS http://sco.lt/5M5eLp

 

 -▶ THE NEW CORPORATE COLONIALISM. DESTRUCTION OF PLANETARY LIFE, INDIGENOUS LAND AND LIVELIHOODS IN THE NAME OF "GROWTH"  http://sco.lt/5nT3OT

 

 -▶ ENOUGHNESS:  WESTERN THOUGHT vs INDIGENOUS PHILOSOPHY  http://sco.lt/6EFbPt