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High tech trash : digital devices, hidden toxics, and human health / Elizabeth Grossman.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Washington : Island Press : Shearwater Books, 2006.Description: xiv, 334 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 1559635541 (cloth : alk. paper)
Other title:
  • Digital devices, hidden toxics, and human health
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • TD 799.85 .G76 2006
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Contents:
The underside of high tech -- Raw materials : where bits, bytes, and the earth's crust coincide -- Producing high tech : the environmental impact -- High-tech manufacture and human health -- Flame retardants : a tale of toxics -- When high tech electronics become trash -- Not in our backyard : exporting electronic waste -- The politics of recycling -- A land ethic for the digital age -- Appendix. How to recycle a computer, cell phone, TV, or other digital devices.
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Bishop Okullu Memorial Library (Limuru Campus) General Circulation Non-fiction TD 799.85 .G76 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 051129
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The underside of high tech -- Raw materials : where bits, bytes, and the earth's crust coincide -- Producing high tech : the environmental impact -- High-tech manufacture and human health -- Flame retardants : a tale of toxics -- When high tech electronics become trash -- Not in our backyard : exporting electronic waste -- The politics of recycling -- A land ethic for the digital age -- Appendix. How to recycle a computer, cell phone, TV, or other digital devices.

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