Basel Action Network
The Basal Action Network has done unique original reporting about improper disposal of electronic equipment in developing countries..
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Computer Take Back Campaign
The Computer Take Back Campaign is a major national effort urging consumer electronics manufacturers and brand owners to take full responsibility for the life cycle of their products, through effective public policy requirements or enforceable agreements.
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Conservatree
Conservatree is a non profit providing information on paper recycling and recycled content paper, as well as technical assistance and consultancy services..
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Container Recycling Institute
The Container Recycling Institute studies and promotes policies and programs that increase recovery and recycling of beverage containers, and shift the social and environmental costs associated with manufacturing, recycling, and disposal of container and packaging waste from government and taxpayers to producers and consumers.
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Environmental Paper Network
The Environmental Paper Network is a diverse group of environmental organizations joined together to support socially and environmentally sustainable transformations within the pulp and paper industry.

GrassRoots Recycling Network
The GrassRoots Recycling Network is dedicated to environmental stewardship and achieving a sustainable economy by eliminating waste and reusing, recycling and composting resources.
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National Recycling Coalition
The National Recycling Coalition (NRC) is a coalition of US organizations, NGOs, professional recyclers and the beverage industry. The Beverage Packaging Environmental Council is a partnership of the NRC.
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Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition
The Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition is engaged in research, advocacy, and organizing around the environmental and human health problems caused by the rapid growth of the high-tech electronics industry.
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Reports & Studies

Exporting Harm: The High-Tech Trashing of Asia
This report confirms what environmentalists have long suspected. "Recycling" of old computers can often mean dumping the discarded components in developing countries such as China, India and Pakistan where valuable materials are extracted by poor people using primitive methods that pose a threat to their health.
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The Digital Dump: Exporting Re-Use and Abuse to Africa
A new investigation by the toxic trade watchdog organization, Basel Action Network (BAN), has revealed that large quantities of obsolete computers, televisions, mobile phones, and other used electronic equipment exported from USA and Europe to Lagos, Nigeria for "re-use and repair" are ending up gathering dust in warehouses or being dumped and burned near residences in empty lots, roadsides and in swamps creating serious health and environmental contamination from the toxic leachate and smoke.
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