Our electronics contain awful collections of metals and plastics that, when not disposed of properly, end up as hazardous waste endangering health, safety, and well-being.
- 60 Minutes on E-Waste, (13 minutes) from the USA to China, E-Waste Hell (17:44) in Ghana
- Overview, from Wikipedia
Counter-Measures
- E-Scrap Recycling (5:41), explains how a recycling plant works
- How to Recover Gold from integrated Circuits (5:10), Gold Reduction with Oxalic Acid (5:35)
Recycling Options
- Old cell phones are a gold mine (4:26), Deutsche Welle documentary explaining recycling as “urban mining” in Germany, and where you are introduced to wirkaufens.de, promising to return cash in exchange for your old electronics
Two Stories of Bottled Water
- The Story of Bottled Water (8:04)
- What is Supply Chain Management (8:05)