Electronic Waste Management and Disposal Issues and Alternatives

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Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Kate Gibson is General Manager of WSP Environmental Strategies LLC in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Jessica Kundman Tierney is a Senior Consultant with WSP Environmental Strategies LLC Specializing in environmental regulatory compliance and environmental auditing for clients in various industrial sectors. Notes 1Source: U.S. EPA, http://www.epa.gov/rcc/clusters/ecycle.htm. 2GAO-06-47 Electronic Waste, 1. 3EPA and International Association of Electronics Recyclers (2003) 4 GAO-06-47 Electronic Waste, 21. 5 http://www.computertakeback.com/sitemap.cfm 6GAO-06-47 Electronic Waste, 2. 7INFORM, Keep America Beautiful. 8EPEAT—see www.greenelectronicscouncil.org 9Environmental Protection Emergency Response (October 2000). Electronics Reuse And Recycling. United States Solid Waste and EPA530-N-00-007 Agency (5306W) available at www.epa.gov/wastewise