The Rise of the Corporate Sustainability Officer
Creating E -Waste
Photograph by Ton Koene/Redux
Americans are discarding a growing pile of electronics. People dispose of 29.4 million computers, 22.7 million televisions, and 129 million mobile devices annually, according to the latest figures from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Only around a quarter of those devices are recycled.
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