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
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
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