Who Will Clean Up Silicon Valley’s E-wasteland?

Julianne Tveten, Fast Company
Mon, 07/24/2017 - 10:00am

There’s no federal law requiring e-waste to be recycled, and procedures nationwide are often fragmented and cumbersome. Last April, Apple released its 58-page Environmental Responsibility Report, an ecological “progress report” for the 2016 fiscal year, which boasted of a number of sustainability and safety initiatives under the high-profile leadership of Lisa Jackson, a former Environmental Protection Agency administrator.

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