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Meet the Nonprofit Hero Behind the Hardware: Charles Brennick

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The organization created more than 100 websites and then expanded to supply low-cost computers and technology training to underserved communities in developing countries. He subsequently worked as an ecotourism developer in Costa Rica. He founded InterConnection in Seattle in 1999. Image: Frank Babbitt. spanhidden.

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Snapshot of Worldwide Electronics Recycling 2013

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According to the International Environmental Technology Center of the United Nations Environment Program. According to Park Young-Woo of the United Nations Environment Program, the Asia-Pacific region now produces more than half of global e-waste. It has had 30 percent growth in mobile adoption over the last 10 years.