High tech trash : digital devices, hidden toxics, and human health /
Elizabeth Grossman.
- 1st Island Press paperback ed.
- Washington, DC : Island Press/Shearwater Books, 2007.
- xiv, 334 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-322) and index.
Ch.1. The underside of high tech -- Ch.2. Raw materials: where bits, bytes, and the earth's crust coincide -- Ch.3. Producing high tech: the environmental impact -- Ch.4. High-tech manufacture and human health -- Ch.5. Flame retardants: a tale of toxics -- Ch.6. When high tech electronics become trash -- Ch.7. Not in our backyard: exploring electronic waste -- Ch.8. The politics of recycling -- Ch.9. A land ethic for the digital age -- Appendix: How to recycle a computer, cell phone, TV, or other digital devices.