Cleaning Up E-Waste

The electronics that provide us with convenience often end up discarded in developing countries where improper disposal can threaten local people and the environment. EPA recognizes this urgent concern and will work with international partners to address the issues of E-waste. In the near-term, EPA will focus on ways to improve the design, production, handling, reuse, recycling, exporting and disposal of electronics.

• 2009 Workshop on Electronic Waste in West Africa
• Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI)
• Reducing Hazardous Waste in the Arctic
• Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous

Link: http://www.epa.gov/international/topsix.html#reduceh

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