Tech Soup

APRIL 19, 2010

The only countries that have laws that set up electronic recycling collection and processing systems are South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, the 27 countries of the European Union, five provinces in Canada, and 20 states in the United States. As a result, it is only done on an industrial level in a few dozen countries.

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South Korea South America Taiwan Japan 43

Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2013

South Korea also has a developed electronics recycling system that now recovers and properly processes over 75 percent of discarded electronics. On the other hand, the dominant countries of India and China are far behind. In Taiwan, the recycling rate for IT equipment and appliances combined is 82. percent, the highest in the world.

Costa Rica 64

Costa Rica Asia Africa China 64

Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2022

These “sharing” tech companies are, in the end, profit-seeking endeavors, and as such they reproduce the all-too-familiar negative aspects of capitalism. We are becoming so dependent on Big Tech that we are starting to believe that there are no alternatives to the big monopolistic platforms. 9</sup).

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Platform Technology United States New York 140

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

I spent one day with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, as they hosted an event for the Technology Partner Network (I’m one of a couple of hundred of tech advisors in the network). It was interesting to hear the latest about the Gates Foundation and their tech directions. Enough said! Roger Martin).

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