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Snapshot of Worldwide Electronics Recycling 2013

Tech Soup

The WEEE Directive is the set of laws that governs the proper collection and disposal of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) in the 27 countries of the European Union. South Korea also has a developed electronics recycling system that now recovers and properly processes over 75 percent of discarded electronics.

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Technology for Whom? Owning Our Platforms

Non Profit Quarterly

As more and more users have come to rely on these online services, synergistic “network effects” have added both value and profitability to several dominant platform companies. 9</sup). 39 This is a tiny share of the U.S. trillion in assets.

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