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Tracing New York City’s millions of pounds of e-waste from shelf to shredder

Tracing New York City’s millions of pounds of e-waste from shelf to shredder | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Gadget shopping? Chances are that as soon as you plunk down cash for a new smartphone or 9.7-inch tablet or 4K / 3D / LED flatscreen television, a tiny part of your brain is already plotting ..."

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The Importance of teaching your students about proper e-waste disposal — Emerging Education Technologies

The Importance of teaching your students about proper e-waste disposal — Emerging Education Technologies | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

" ....Do you have any idea how much electronic waste is littering refuse dumps or being shipped overseas where it is often stripped apart by people ..."

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Christine Spiten's curator insight, October 4, 2014 2:02 PM

"United Nations data indicate that electronic waste grows THREE TIMES the conventional waste.

 

The large supply of equipment, the reduction of time for durability of electronics and the constant search for innovation, which makes the technologies to become obsolete quickly, are some of the factors that explain this increment."