(par 5.4.3.2.3.1.3) What Is Sustainable Agriculture?
What Is Sustainable Agriculture? https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/what-sustainable-agriculture There’s a transformation taking place on farms across the United States. For decades, we’ve produced the bulk of our food through industrial agriculture—a system dominated by large farms growing the same crops year after year, using enormous amounts of chemical pesticides and fertilizers that damage our soil, water, air, and […]
(par 6.3.1.2) A Push to Bring E-Waste Out of Shadows
In Developing World, A Push to Bring E-Waste Out of Shadows http://e360.yale.edu/feature/in_developing_world_a_push_to_bring_e-waste_out_of_shadows/2736/ by mike ives For decades, hazardous electronic waste from around the world has been processed in unsafe backyard recycling operations in Asia and Africa. Now, a small but growing movement is seeking to provide these informal collectors with incentives to sell e-waste to […]
(par 6.2.2 ) Electronic Waste (taken from Wikipedia)
Electronic waste http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_waste From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Defective and obsolete electronic equipment Electronic waste or e-waste describes discarded electrical or electronic devices. Used electronics which are destined for reuse, resale, salvage, recycling or disposal are also considered as e-waste. Informal processing of electronic waste in developing countries may cause serious health and pollution problems, as these countries […]