One
Man's Trash Doesn't Necessarily Become Another Man's Treasure
...Studies estimate that 315 million to 600 million desktop and laptop
computers in the U.S. will become obsolete over the next 18 months.
That's the equivalent of a 22-story pile of e-waste covering the entire
city of Los Angeles. Old PCs and TVs make up the fastest-growing
portion of our waste stream, according to the coalition. Add to that
the millions of cell phones, whose size has shrunk as fast as their
life span, and the now seemingly clunky TVs along with printers and
that soon-to-be-retired VCR player, and the pile of junk keeps on
growing.
But it's not a lost cause, experts say. There are ways to fight
e-waste....
