The geography of the global electronic waste burden
Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - 09:30
in Earth & Climate
As local and national governments struggle to deal with ever-growing piles of electronic waste (or "e-waste"), scientists are now refining the picture of just how much there is and where it really ends up. Published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology, their study found that nearly a quarter of e-waste that developed countries discard floods into just seven developing countries—with major potential health risks for the people who live there.
