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Greenthinkers News: UN vs. E-Waste

reutersewaste_photo.jpg From Reuters today

A new U.N.-led alliance will work out global scrapping guidelines to protect the environment from mountains of electronic trash such as computers, phones and televisions, the group said on Tuesday. Three U.N. agencies, 16 firms including Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard and Philips, several government bodies and universities said they were teaming up with goals such as more recycling and longer lives for electronic goods.

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