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Computer and Electronics Product Stewardship: Are We Ready for the Challenge?
Author(s) -
Gable Cate,
Shireman Bill
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
environmental quality management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.249
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1520-6483
pISSN - 1088-1913
DOI - 10.1002/tqem.1203
Subject(s) - gable , pace , stewardship (theology) , product (mathematics) , permission , business , engineering , electronic equipment , political science , civil engineering , law , geography , electrical engineering , geometry , mathematics , geodesy , roof , politics
The PC revolution continues to produce faster and smarter machines at a stunning pace. Almost forgotten inthe rush are the millions of nearly new, but suddenly outdated, computers that are abandoned every year. Canproduct stewardship offer life‐after‐end‐of‐life for this growing mountain of“attic‐ware,” while averting a costly—and potentially toxic—waste disposalcrisis? © 2001 by Cate Gable, Axioun Books. Used with permission.