The E-Waste Problem and Our Work For Solutions

• The Problem With Electronics:
• Quickly Obsolete
• Hard to Recycle
  • Not designed for recycling
  • Toxics in Electronics
• Discards Badly Managed
  • E-waste in landfills
  • Global e-waste dumping
  • Prison recycling
• Our Work For Solutions:
• Producer Takeback
  • You make it, you take it back
  • Who takes back
  • Take Back My TV
  • About the industry
• Green Design
  • About green design
  • Purchasing green products
  • EPEAT
• Responsible Recycling
  • What is responsible recycling?
  • Find a responsible recycler
  • Fake Recycling
  • "R2" is not the answer
  • Info for recyclers
  • Manufacturers
• Legislation and Policy
  • State legislation
  • State legislative toolkit
  • Federal legislation

Media Center

• Press Coverage: Our Press Coverage includes coverage of our coalition and members, as well as general coverage on the e-waste issue.
• Press Releases: View press releases from ETBC here.

Press Contacts for Electronics TakeBack Coalition:

For interviews or press information, please contact our PR firm:

Kathleen Goldstein, Greenfish Communications
11135 Schuylkill Road, Rockville, MD 20852
202-841-0295

Email: kgoldstein - at - greenfishcommunications.com

Or media - at - etakeback.org

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Resources for Media

 

E-Waste Briefing Book

By the Electronics TakeBack Coalition

 

Overview of the E-Waste problem, and some solutions

 

 

 

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E-Waste Facts and Figures

How big is the e-waste probem?
How much e-waste is "out there."
How much is coming back?

This is a compilation of statistics from various reports from governments, NGOs, and industry that help describe the problem, with sources and links provided. This document is updated as new statistics become available.

 

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High Tech Trash: Digital Devices, Hidden Toxics, and Human Health
by Elizabeth Grossman

 

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Challenging the Chip: Labor Rights and Environmental Justice in the Global Electronics Industry

Edited by Ted Smith, David A. Sonnenfeld and David Naguib Pellow, foreword by Jim Hightower