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Snapshot of Worldwide Electronics Recycling 2013

Tech Soup

According to the International Environmental Technology Center of the United Nations Environment Program. don't have a coherent national collection infrastructure. According to Park Young-Woo of the United Nations Environment Program, the Asia-Pacific region now produces more than half of global e-waste. World Snapshot.

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Technology for Whom? Owning Our Platforms

Non Profit Quarterly

For instance, tech companies use algorithmic management to precisely surveil and manage the details of workers’ daily working conditions—tracking every delivery time, cataloging every customer review, mapping workers’ daily locations, even noting the length of bathroom breaks.

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Mr. Jim Goes to Washington (and New York, and Nairobi, and Seoul, and Kampala, and Boston…)

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

It’s the week of the United Nations General Assembly and the Clinton Global Initiative. Kipp has been a leading software developer in the region, creating software around election monitoring and government transparency just to name a few. Hopefully, it will give you a flavor of why this travel is worth it to me and Benetech!

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