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Snapshot of Worldwide Electronics Recycling 2013

Tech Soup

South Korea also has a developed electronics recycling system that now recovers and properly processes over 75 percent of discarded electronics. Japan has a structured system based on their Law for the Recycling of Specified Kinds of Home Appliances and their Law for Promotion of Effective Utilization of Resources.

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Technology for Whom? Owning Our Platforms

Non Profit Quarterly

Airbnb and Uber emerged as platform companies providing services without actually owning hotels (in the case of Airbnb) and vehicles (in the case of Uber—soon to be joined by Lyft), and quickly came to disrupt and dominate their respective industries. 9</sup).

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