Waste in the Wireless World: The Challenge of Cell Phones
May 2002
Bette K. Fishbein
(109 pp., $30), ISBN 0-918780-78-0
This report examines the waste issues posed by cells phones and other wireless electronic devices: the growing numbers of these products that are purchased and discarded and the many toxic substances they contain. Also examines government policies and corporate initiatives addressing the end-of-life management of electronic products in the US and abroad and presents a series of specific recommendations for minimizing the environmental and health impacts of this rapidly growing waste stream.
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Frontmatter (title page, table of contents, acknowledgments, contact/publications/Board members info -- 96K)
Introduction, Findings and Recommendations (128K)
Chapter 1 -- Cell Phones: An Overview (160K)
Chapter 2 -- How Many Phones? How Much Waste? (96K)
Chapter 3 -- The Toxic Content of Cell Phones and Other Wireless Devices (448K)
Chapter 4 -- End-of-Life Management of Electronics in the US(128K)
Chapter 5 -- End-of-Life Management of Electronics Abroad (96K)
Chapter 6 -- Powering Wireless Electronics: Rechargeable Batteries and Alternative Technologies (160K)
Chapter 7 -- Looking Toward the Future of the Wireless World (96K)
Endnotes (96K)
Appendices -- EPA's Draft List of PBTs Commonly Found in Hazardous Waste; Denmark S/D Vendor Questionnaire; The Ericsson List of Banned and Restricted Substances; Advertisement for Best Buy's Take-Back Program; National Electronics Product Stewardship Initiative (NEPS) Members; Massachusetts Resolution on Electronics Take-Back (480K)
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