How can we fix this?

What governments can do:

What individuals can do:

National Strategy for Electronics Stewardship

Repair and fix instead of throwing away.

(2011).

If it isnt broken, dont replace it.

Incentivize greener design

lead by example

increase domestic recycling

Make-A-Wish

reduce harmful exports

Cell Phones for Soldiers

Cellphone contracts

Old but not broken? Donate!

Go for electronics labeled Energy Star or

certified by Electronic Product Environmental
Assessment Tool (EPEAT)

Works Cited
http://www.salon.com/2006/04/10/ewaste/
http://www.iop.org/news/11/may/page_51103.html
http://en.reset.org/blog/e-waste-burden-human-health-and-our-ecosystemalike
http://www.dawn.com/news/1032967
http://www2.epa.gov/international-cooperation/cleaning-electronic-wastee-waste
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/01/high-tech-trash/essickphotography
http://tocqueville.richmond.edu/digitalamerica/?tag=e-waste
http://www.statista.com/chart/2283/electronic-waste/