Reassembling RubbishMain MenuReassembling RubbishThe opening page into this project.The Rubbish BinA place to engage our audiences.Works CitedA bibliography of works referred to in this project.Josh Lepawsky31444794f29f45991a28c6c997946216e765688e
Mapping E-waste as a Controversy: From Statements to Debates
12014-05-01T04:31:25-07:00Josh Lepawsky31444794f29f45991a28c6c997946216e765688e3863plain2014-05-01T04:34:36-07:00Josh Lepawsky31444794f29f45991a28c6c997946216e765688eAs I suggested in my discussion of Adam Minter's (2013) article, an important part of the e-waste controversy is the trustworthiness of statistics cited to characterize the scope of e-waste as a problem. One of the key figures that circulates in the peer reviewed literature about e-waste is the claim from BAN (2002) that 50-80 percent of electronics collected for recycling in the US are exported. I have followed that statement along a trajectory into the realm of formal politics where BAN's figure plays an explicit role in framing the debate about e-waste in the US (United States Congress, 2009). What happens when we follow another trajectory, one defined by the peer reviewed literature that cites BAN's (20020 report Exporting Harm?
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12014-03-11T06:34:58-07:00Josh Lepawsky31444794f29f45991a28c6c997946216e765688e"E-waste": Mapping a controversyJosh Lepawsky17An exercise in digital methods for mapping controversies.plain2014-05-01T04:38:14-07:00Josh Lepawsky31444794f29f45991a28c6c997946216e765688e