High-Tech Trash

National Geographic by Chris Carroll | Dec. 20, 2007 (Special Report)
Will your discarded TV end up in a ditch in Ghana?

People have always been proficient at making trash. Future archaeologists will note that at the tail end of the 20th century, a new, noxious kind of clutter exploded across the landscape: the digital detritus that has come to be called e-waste. Full Story »

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Subjects: World, Sci/Tech
Topics: Environment, Pollution, Computers
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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Dec 20, 2007 - 11:41 AM PST
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