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Please excuse cross-posting, and please pass on. Most of us try to recycle our old computers and TVs in a responsible way, by taking them to one of the nearby recycling centers. Unfortunately unless these recyclers conform to the "e-Steward" standards, our castoffs are sent to the poorest countries by ship where they are scavenged for any valuable materials. In addition to having our garbage dumped on them, workers (including children) in China, India, Ghana and Pakistan, among other countries, are exposed to myriad toxic materials through direct contact or poisoned water supplies. An organization called the Basel Action Network (BAN) has set up the "e-Stewards Program", which ensures that electronics are recycled in an ethical and environmentally responsible way. You can find your closest e-Stewards certified recycler here: http://e-stewards.org/find-a-recycler/ To learn more about BAN, visit their website (http://www.ban.org/), or read/listen to a very interesting interview on NPR's Fresh Air: http://www.npr.org/2010/12/21/132204954/after-dump-what-happens-to-electronic-waste Thank you, Jackie ************************************************************************* Jacqueline Spafford <[log in to unmask]> Image Resource Curator, Department of History of Art and Architecture New mailing address: 2838 Ellison Hall University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-7080 Blog "The Red Dot": http://ucsbvrc.wordpress.com Work phone: 805-893-2509 Fax: 805-893-7117 ************************************************************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~