{"id":368453,"date":"2010-02-25T21:52:01","date_gmt":"2010-02-26T02:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/un-urges-action-on-e-waste\/14320\/"},"modified":"2010-02-25T21:52:01","modified_gmt":"2010-02-26T02:52:01","slug":"un-urges-action-on-e-waste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/368453","title":{"rendered":"UN urges action on e-waste"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/pictures\/hero\/e-waste-image-4.jpg\" alt=\"e-waste has risen dramatically in developing nations (Photo: techbirmingham\/CC)\"><\/p>\n<p>Ever wonder what happens to discarded televisions and obsolete home computers, or do you prefer not to think about it? According to a United Nations study on recycling, the volume of disused electronic products, or &#8220;e-waste&#8221; as it is known, has risen dramatically as it coincides with growth in sales in developing countries. ..<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/environmental\/\" rel=\"tag\">Environmental<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/recycling\/\" rel=\"tag\">Recycling<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/waste\/\" rel=\"tag\">Waste<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Related Articles:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/sony-electronics-launches-retail-e-recycling-initiative\/11552\/\">Sony Electronics launches retail e-recycling initiative<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/orange-peel-ethanol-biogas-recycling\/13521\/\">Four ways to turn an orange peel green<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/biofuel-from-trash-reduces-global-emissions\/12982\/\">Trashing existing fuel sources could cut global emissions by 80%<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/samsung-launches-recycling-program-for-unwanted-electronics\/10108\/\">Samsung launches recycling program for unwanted electronics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/solar-thermal-waste-heat-engine\/10969\/\">Solar Thermal Waste Heat Engine works at low temperature, low pressure<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/waste-paper-in-toilet-paper-out\/14048\/\">Turn waste office paper into toilet paper<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/Eb_S1bfUl9lshERPL0P27gjqiI0\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/Eb_S1bfUl9lshERPL0P27gjqiI0\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/Eb_S1bfUl9lshERPL0P27gjqiI0\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/Eb_S1bfUl9lshERPL0P27gjqiI0\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=JY0THyjxs-o:n8F-zvogaCE:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=JY0THyjxs-o:n8F-zvogaCE:H0mrP-F8Qgo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=JY0THyjxs-o:n8F-zvogaCE:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?i=JY0THyjxs-o:n8F-zvogaCE:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=JY0THyjxs-o:n8F-zvogaCE:wF9xT3WuBAs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?i=JY0THyjxs-o:n8F-zvogaCE:wF9xT3WuBAs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=JY0THyjxs-o:n8F-zvogaCE:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine\/~4\/JY0THyjxs-o\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever wonder what happens to discarded televisions and obsolete home computers, or do you prefer not to think about it? According to a United Nations study on recycling, the volume of disused electronic products, or &#8220;e-waste&#8221; as it is known, has risen dramatically as it coincides with growth in sales in developing countries. .. Tags: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":639,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-368453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/639"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=368453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368453\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}