E-Waste: The Digital Dark Side KQED education network

• What happens to the electronic waste produced by the United States?
• - Its not really recycled and gets processed really little, and the rest is shipped to developing countries as china, and there its dumped, or gets really little proceced in back yards, taking out important parts then burned or dumped.
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• What happens to e-waste after it arrives in developing countries?
• - People take little parts out from the computers as metal in backyards or little store, and then the plastic parts are burned,or dumped.
• Why does so much e-waste get shipped to Asia?
• - Because recicles can sell them there and theres a market where they can sell the metal.
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• What are the negative effects of dumping e-waste?
• -Non  Protective equipment, they breath chemicals, gets in the water, so its bad.They can get many diseases
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• How do the toxins in e-waste return to the United States?
• -Lead in children's jewelry that gets back to the people in eeuu
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• What can concerned citizens do about e-waste?
• -1.-Look up in a map of where they can recycle nearby
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• 2.-Ask the companies to take back the products that they buy after the use it