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Date: Fri, 14 Mar 97 08:56 WET From: FRIEDMAN.FRED@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV (Fred Friedman) Subject: Re: Information on recycling electronics (David Merson)
March 14, 1997
Dear David Merson,
You may have posted twice and if so, please read the previous message. Other excellent sources of information about recycling electronics are:
Environmental Consciousness: A Strategic Competitiveness Issue for the Electronics and Computer Industry. Summary Report: International Analysis, Conclusions and Recommendations,
March, 1993 by US DOE and Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation. Available for $40 from MCC, Austin, TX at (512) 338-3526.
Proceedings of The Greening of Durable Products Conference, aka Environmental Issues Conference, MIT, Cambridge, MA, October 3-4, 1994.
Recycling Initiatives in the American Electronics Industry, by Jack Azar, Xerox Corp., 3/25/93.
1994 and 1995 IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment. The 1994 conference was subtitled A Life Cycle Environmental Approach for Electronic Products May 2-4, 1994, San Francisco, CA
A few websites are reviewed by Chaz Miller in an article in Recycling Times 8/20/96.
Life Cycle Assessment of the Disposal of Household Electronics: A Capstone Thesis Project by Diane McKenna, et. al., M.S. Thesis, Tufts University, August, 1996.
There are many more excellent and relevant documents about. These are but a few that will begin to involve you in the literature, the recent initiatives, and the contacts.
-- Research Library for RCRA