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["Michael D. Thomas" <mdthomas AT mindspring.com>]

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,52876,00.html

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Now, the Environmental Protection Agency plans to change its universal waste
rule to encourage re-use and recycling, rather than dumping, of electronic
equipment.
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"We think it's a good first step to addressing the e-waste problem," said
Michael Bender, executive director of the Mercury Policy Project. "But it
doesn't address the large percentage of computers that are dumped on
developing countries outside the United States, nor does it address the need
for recycling standards to avoid scam recycling."
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Another problem is the "planned obsolecense that manufacturers are building in
to products is being expanded exponentially," Bender said.