Environmental Issues/General Info about Electronics

SWANA's press release on the ability of landfills to control heavy metals

Greenbiz article on hazardous components in cell phones, printers, keyboards and other electronic discards

United Nations publication on environmental impacts of computer manufacturing and use

Characterization of Lead Leachability from Cathode Ray Tubes Using the Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure - Florida Center for Solid and Hazardous Waste Management study on the leaching of lead from computer monitors

Life-Cycle Assessment for Desktop Computer Displays

Federal Electronics Challenge information

EPA Plug Into Recycling Campaign

Energy Star - Energy use information

Office of the Federal Environmental Executive - Electronics Stewardship

Center for New American Dream Procurement Project with data on the components and impacts of electronics

American Plastics Council, Plastics from Residential Electronics Recycling, Report 2002 

Electronics: A New Opportunity for Waste Prevention, Reuse and Recycling - EPA electronics fact sheet 

EPA WasteWise Update - Electronics Reuse and Recycling - What you need to know before donating or recycling electronics

Obsolete Computers, "Gold Mine," or High-Tech Trash? Resource Recovery from Recycling - U.S. Geological Survey paper on the recoverable contents of PCs

Materials For the Future Foundation fact sheet on CRT smelting 

Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition Breakdown of Desktop Computer Materials

Waste in the Wireless World: The Challenge of Cell Phones - INFORM Inc., report on the environmental impacts of cell phones and other wireless electronic devices 

Cathode Ray Tube Manufacturing and Recycling: Analysis of Industry Survey - Electronic Industries Alliance

ElectronicsRecycling.org - technical information and other important links