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Popular Mechanics
August 13, 2008
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Recycle Your Television Now--Before It's Too Late: Buzzword It's clear that not enough Americans are recycling their televisions. What's not so clear is how "green" the recycling process has become. |
Mother Jones
February 2001
Lisa Margonelli |
Computer Monitor Ted Smith of the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, a group which is concerned by environmental damage done by computers. |
IEEE Spectrum
July 2006
Tekla S. Perry |
Who Pays for E-Waste? The Washington Statute is by far America's most comprehensive e-waste law, and makes manufacturers responsible for the costs of recycling old electronics equipment in the state of Washington. |
Salon.com
July 13, 2000
Damien Cave |
Jailhouse Net Inmates with e-mail? It could happen at some state prisons experimenting with technology behind bars. |
PC Magazine
November 29, 2006
Matthew D. Sarrel |
Recycling E-Waste Recycle your computers and electronics to cut down on toxins. |
Mother Jones
June 2000
Barry Yeoman |
Steel Town Lockdown Corrections Corporation of America is trying to turn Youngstown, Ohio, into the private-prison capital of the world. |
PC World
March 2004
Scott Plamondon |
Where Do Old CRTs Go to Die? Proper hardware disposal is a dilemma. |
Popular Mechanics
October 2007
Jancy Langley |
5 Great Things to Do With Your Old Electronics Suggestions about what to do with old electronics include donating and recycling. |
Salon.com
March 29, 2001
Maria Russo |
Psycho factories Nonviolent criminals go in and sadistic thugs come out, but with military spending down, America's small towns are hooked on prisons... |
Salon.com
March 29, 2001
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The business of law and order The author of "Going up the River" says that the booming private-prison industry is due for a bust... |
IndustryWeek
March 1, 2002
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Beyond The Grave New regulations and concerns for the environment are prompting manufacturers to design products for easier recycling and remanufacturing... |
CIO
April 15, 2003
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Rising Costs of High-Tech Garbage Companies must comply with hazardous waste regulations when they get rid of old PCs and CRT monitors. For larger companies, sending old PCs off to a hazardous waste facility can become a legal nightmare. |
Reason
June 2007
David Weigel |
Farmer in the Cell After a crackdown on illegal immigration, farmers in the rural area outside Pueblo, Colorado, found they lacked the labor to help them plant and harvest crops. One answer is to use prison inmates. |
PC World
October 2001
Judy Heim |
New Life for Old PCs Don't turn your aging machine into a doorstop -- pass it along to someone who really needs it. You might even get a tax write-off... |
Popular Mechanics
December 2008 |
Is Recycling Worth It? PM Investigates its Economic and Environmental Impact Almost overnight, it seemed, recycling was embraced by the public as a kind of all-purpose absolution for our environmental sins. |
BusinessWeek
April 10, 2006
Lorraine Woellert |
HP Wants Your Old PCs Back HP is pushing states to force recycling of TVs, computers, and other e-gear. Here's why. |
PC Magazine
March 6, 2007
Dan Costa |
Buy A Dell PC, Plant A Tree Today, you can send any Dell PC back to the company for recycling without paying a penny. If you buy a new Dell, the company actually sends someone to pick up your old PC. |
Salon.com
May 8, 2002
Nell Bernstein |
Punishment for the whole family California prison officials want to prohibit parents convicted of drug offenses from touching their children -- even infants and toddlers -- for one year... |
AskMen.com
Nick Clarke |
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Reason
May 2007
Cathy Young |
Assault Behind Bars How big a problem is prison rape in the U.S. -- and what can be done about it? |
The Motley Fool
February 26, 2004
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When Your Competition Is in Prison Would you believe some prisoners are stealing jobs from the unincarcerated? |
Fast Company
Neal Ungerleider |
Drones Are Delivering Contraband To Prisons As drones become more ubiquitous, prisons are struggling with the question of how to protect against contraband deliveries from the skies. |
AskMen.com
Ben Dutka |
Top 10: Notorious Prisons The following is a list of the 10 most notorious jails on earth; they are the worst of the worst and the lowest of the low. |
BusinessWeek
October 6, 2003
Ben Elgin |
The Information Age's Toxic Garbage California could set the standard for dealing with discarded PCs. |
Reason
August 2003
Jesse Walker |
Rape Behind Bars A left/right coalition has assembled behind H.R. 1707, the Prison Rape Reduction Act of 2003. The bill would conduct more complete research on the problem and would "provide information, resources, recommendations, and funding to protect individuals from prison rape." The Justice Dept. opposes it. |
PC World
January 2005
Anne Kandra |
A Computer Is a Terrible Thing to Waste Hardware makers and other companies are helping to stem the flow of electronic waste. Many have established programs for consumers that offer incentives such as discounts on new purchases for customers who recycle. |
InternetNews
September 9, 2005
Roy Mark |
Tech's Dirty Little Recycling Secret Electronics manufacturers scramble to get Congress to preempt state laws targeting e-waste recycling. |
Wired
May 22, 2009
Vince Beiser |
Prisoners Run Gangs, Plan Escapes, and Even Order Hits With Smuggled Cellphones Prisoners are using cell phones to make calls, send text messages, and email to taunt their victims, intimidate witnesses, run gangs, and organize escapes. |
ifeminists
September 16, 2003
Wendy McElroy |
Confronting Prison Rape A bright light is about to be shone on an almost unseen social problem: prison rape. On Sept. 4, President Bush signed the Prison Rape Elimination Act, which provides for an annual Department of Justice review on the rate and effects of prison rape. Why should you care? |
