Author Grossman, Elizabeth, 1957-

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

Imprint Washington : Island Press/Shearwater Books, c2006.
Location Call Number Status
 Monograph Collection  TD799.85 .G76 2006  AVAILABLE
Description xiv, 334 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-322) and index.
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.
Subject(s) Waste electronic apparatus and appliances.
Electronic apparatus and appliances -- Environmental aspects.
Electronic apparatus and appliances -- Health aspects.
Product life cycle.