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Existing Wiki Articles: Global Waste Trade Electronic Waste Waste Waste to Energy Electronic Waste in China Solving E-waste Problems Computer Recycling Sustainable Electronics Initiative Agbogbloshie Waste picker Computer recycling Electronic Waste in the United States Electronic Waste by Country Recycling in the United States

Our Potential Topic: Regulation of US E-waste to developing countries & the health/environmental impacts Content Gap: There is not a detailed, general page that conveys how the US (and most developed countries) continues to export E-waste to poorer/less economically developed countries and the health/environmental implications of this action. Relevancy: Governmental regulation on this topic has varied in the past - with an administration that is anti-globalist and anti-regulation, and also has not shown that any priority will be made to help mitigate climate change, we want to investigate what the EPA and other agencies will be doing in terms of E-waste management/deportation. Additionally, E-waste is a fast growing problem as the world is exponentially technologically advancing -  so this issue has the potential to become a distinguishing feature in terms of further oppression/marginalization of certain communities As well as the environmental impacts !!!

Good Articles: http://techland.time.com/2011/01/14/electronic-waste-where-does-it-go-and-what-happens-to-it/ http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/08/01/e-waste-in-developing-countries-endangers-environment-locals Book: Half the Sky http://www.worstpolluted.org/projects_reports/display/65 https://ourworld.unu.edu/en/toxic-e-waste-dumped-in-poor-nations-says-united-nations https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3908467/ - Good Source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_waste_trade - Check here for a content Gap http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/detox/electronics/the-e-waste-problem/where-does-e-waste-end-up/ -GREAT SOURCE https://www.epa.gov/hwgenerators/information-about-transboundary-shipments-hazardous-wastes http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/america-e-waste-gps-tracker-tells-all-earthfix/ http://grist.org/article/the-chain-gangs-of-the-information-age/ https://oig.justice.gov/reports/BOP/o1010.pdf (This one is a state doc on e waste) http://www.isidorerecycling.com (Organization which seems to be doing the right thing) https://dnr.mo.gov/env/hwp/escrap/docs/060224-framers.pdf (Example of stake holders presentation) Basel Convention Section on E-Waste: http://www.basel.int/Implementation/Ewaste/Overview/tabid/4063/Default.aspx Coalition (based in Oakland?) promoting sustainable electronic recycling. http://www.electronicstakeback.com/promote-good-laws/federal-legislation/ Clean room suits and worker injustice http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2002/03/clean-rooms-dirty-secret

Possible Stakeholders: EPA UN sub public health groups Greenpeace International Isodore Recycler More Info Other foreign local NGOs Basel Action Network - Pbs site Sierra Club (?) Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition

Possible Sub-Topics? Trump administration effect on global e-waste trade/regulation

Notes: Greenpeace Source: "In many European countries, regulations have been introduced to prevent electronic waste being dumped in landfills due to its hazardous content." Lack of regulations result in an increase of toxic chemicals and waste in domestic landfills/areas Regulations in developed countries can also result in the shipment of E-waste to developing countries Greenpeace Source: "E-waste is routinely exported by developed countries to developing ones, often in violation of the international law. Inspections of 18 European seaports in 2005 found as much as 47 percent of waste destined for export, including e-waste, was illegal. In the UK alone, at least 23,000 metric tonnes of undeclared or 'grey' market electronic waste was illegally shipped in 2003 to the Far East, India, Africa and China. In the US, it is estimated that 50-80 percent of the waste collected for recycling is being exported in this way. This practice is legal because the US has not ratified the Basel Convention. Mainland China tried to prevent this trade by banning the import of e-waste in 2000. However, we have discovered that the laws are not working; e-waste is still arriving in Guiya of Guangdong Province, the main centre of e-waste scrapping in China. We have also found a growing e-waste trade problem in India. 25,000 workers are employed at scrap yards in Delhi alone, where 10-20000 tonnes of e-waste is handled each year, 25 percent of this being computers. Other e-waste scrap yards have been found in Meerut, Ferozabad, Chennai,

Bangalore and Mumbai."

Add on to “Electronic Waste in the United States”

Brief overview of the topic maddi Brief Overview of the history of E-Waste and its regulation. Zohe New subsection on International Regulation/regulatory bodies (UN etc?)/ Global laws New subsection on US shipment to development countries (link to E-waste in CHina) Maddi New subsection on health and environmental effects Domestic Andy Prison case study Different demographics being subjected to handle these chemicals (recycling programs, landfills?) We have implemented new recycling programs, but who is actually physically handling these --people of color International Lauren on China case study India case study Maddi

2/24/17 Section “Homework” -Calling stakeholders etc. -Meeting next week (sending when to meet) for updates etc. -work on outline (one of us can have it in their sandbox)

Notes from Professor Gelobter: Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition -Sheila the head of the org? Timeliness: look at what issues are being discussed, are regulations being rolled-back? Check for regulations and history about the issue and how these changed or not.

Outline: statements with sources. Doesn’t need to be super thorough but have the sections and sources you're going to use

http://www.govtech.com/fs/Managing-E-Waste-During-Computer-Boom-Proves-Difficult.html http://svtc.org/our-work/e-waste/ https://www.epa.gov/international-cooperation/cleaning-electronic-waste-e-waste http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/america-e-waste-gps-tracker-tells-all-earthfix/

2/27/17 Group Meet-Up

Pick a sandbox Lauren’s login info: Username: Ejlauren121 Password: 121engmufF Roles Post content-gap ideas on the e-waste in the US talk page? Post initial bibliography to the talk page and our sand box? Next steps: flushing out the outline and first draft Zohe: I am curious if we are at all interested in including a section about planned obsolescence? I have been doing some reading, and it’s interesting the effect of consumers on the production of electronics and the disposal of e-waste. I also came across the perspective that the United States is in many ways ruled by market forces, and that a solution to the e-waste problem will have to involve economic incentives. I realize this is an opinion and not a fact, but planned obsolescence is real.