How has technology evolved?
How are consumers coping with changing technology?
What is being done with old or outdated technology?
What can be done to assure the “junk” is being disposed of properly?
Revised questions and sources:
Questions about E Waste:
What is e-waste?
What is being done with old or outdated technology? Where does it go?
What states have instituted an e-waste program?
What should consumers know about e-waste?
E-Waste Sources:
http://www.cawrecycles.org/issues/ca_e-waste/other_states
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1870485,00.html
http://www.greenerchoices.org/electronicsrecycling/el_ewaste.cfm
http://www.epa.gov/osw/conserve/materials/ecycling/manage.htm
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/toxics/electronics/the-e-waste-problem/where-does-e-waste-end-up/
http://www.reportage-enviro.com/2010/05/consumer-awareness-crucial-in-solving-e-waste-problems/
http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/142/
Some of these questions are rather general..but I'm sure there will be ways to narrow them as you start to do research. Have you found any articles yet? Please post as you find things. Here's an article I've used a few times in class on the subject--it's a little dated, but I think she wrote a book on the subject and may have written articles more recently...
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