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58. “Waste Minimization, Segregation, and Recycling in Hospitals,” Healthcare Without Harm, October 2001 (72.32.87.20/lib/downloads/waste/Waste_Min_Seg_Recyc_in _Hosp.pdf).
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60. “Electronics,” Clean Production Action (cleanproduction.org/Producer.
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61. “Problem: Electronics Become Obsolete Quickly,” Electronics TakeBack Coalition (computertakeback.com/problem/
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62. “Poison PCs and Toxic TVs,” Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, p. 9. Based on data from Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation’s Electronics Industry Environmental Roadmap, 1996.
63. E-Waste: The Exploding Global Electronic Waste Crisis, Electronics TakeBack Coalition, p. 8 (computertakeback.com/legislation/Ewaste%20Briefing%20Book.pdf).
64. “Problem: Electronics Become Obsolete Quickly.”
65. “Facts and Figures on E-Waste Recycling,” Electronics TakeBack Coalition (computertakeback.com/Tools/Facts_and_Figures.pdf).
66. Ibid.
67. Brandon Sample, “Prisoners Exposed to Toxic Dust at UNICOR Recycling Factories,” Prison Legal News, July 15, 2009 (prisonlegalnews.org/displayArticle.aspx?articleid=20750&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1).
68. Elena H. Page and David Sylvain of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health report on the health and safety investigation of the Federal Prison Industries (UNICOR) electronics recycling program at Federal Bureau of Prisons institutions in Ohio, Texas, and California in a July 16, 2008, letter to Randall Humm, investigative counsel, U.S. Department of Justice (peer.org/docs/doj/08_28_7_ elkton_prison_niosh_report.pdf).
69. Sample, “Prisoners Exposed to Toxic Dust at UNICOR Recycling Factories.”
70. Michelle Chen, “E-waste: America’s Electronics Feed the Global Digital Dump,” The Women’s International Perspective, April 26, 2009 (thewip.net/contributors/2009/04/
ewaste_americas_electronics_fe.html).
71. Personal correspondence with Jim Puckett, February 2009.
72. “Environmentalists and Consumer Groups Applaud Dell’s Policy on E-Waste Export,” Electronics TakeBack Coalition, May 12, 2009 (computertakeback.com/media/
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73. “States Are Passing E-Waste Legislation,” Electronics TakeBack Coalition (electronicstakeback.com/legislation/
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74. “The e-Steward Solution,” e-Stewards (e-stewards.org/esteward_solution.html).
75. “The State of Garbage in America 2008,” BioCycle, vol. 49, no. 12, December 2008, p. 22 (jgpress.com/archives/_free/001782.html).
76. Van Jones, The Green Collar Economy (San Francisco: Harper One, 2008), p. 7.
77. Landfill Operation Management Advisor website: loma.civil.duth.gr/.
78. “Fresh Kills Park Project Introduction,” New York City Department of City Planning, 2007 (nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/fkl/fkl_index.shtml).
79. Landfill Operation Management Advisor website: loma.civil.duth.gr/.
80. Catherine Brahic, “Atlas of hidden water may avert future conflict,” New Scientist, October 24, 2008 (newscientist.com/article/dn15030-atlas-of-hidden-water-may-avert-future-conflict.html).
81. In the Federal Register, February 5, 1981, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency first stated its opinion that all landfills will eventually leak: “There is good theoretical and empirical evidence that the hazardous constituents that are placed in land disposal facilities very likely will migrate from the facility into the broader environment. This may occur several years, even many decades, after placement of the waste in the facility, but data and scientific prediction indicate that, in most cases, even with the application of best available