28 Dec
America generates enough trash annually to fill garbage trucks stretching from Earth half way to the moon, an alarming statistic by any measure. As the year draws to an end, YGR reflects by spotlighting 2008’s fastest growing component of the solid waste stream: E-Waste. With each computer monitor containing around 4-5 pounds of lead and varying amounts of cadmium, mercury, chromium and polyvinyl chlorides, current disposal and recycling methods are garnering global concern. 60 Minutes recently aired a piece on the the growing health crisis stemming from the e-recycling industry and illegal dumping of toxic e-waste components: