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Snapshot of Worldwide Electronics Recycling 2013

Tech Soup

This is true for most of Asia where the problem is becoming critical. South Korea also has a developed electronics recycling system that now recovers and properly processes over 75 percent of discarded electronics. Another UN study finds that domestic consumption is the main contributor to Africa's growing e-waste problem.

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Technology for Whom? Owning Our Platforms

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Instacart, for example, sometimes bundles multiple orders from different addresses but only pays for the work of one order. Compounding the normal difficulties of raising capital, platform cooperatives face additional problem of larger start-up costs. 9</sup).

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