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The digital dump : exporting re-use and abuse to Africa / an investigation by the Basel Action Network ; a project of Earth Economics ; produced by Twisp River Films ; producer, Carol Geertsema ; direction and script, Jim Puckett. Exporting harm : the high-tech trashing of Asia / an investigation by the Basel Action Network ; a project of APEX.
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- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Electronics--Materials--Recycling--Environmental aspects--Asia.
- Electronics.
- Computers--Recycling--Environmental aspects--Asia.
- Computers.
- Environmental policy--Asia.
- Environmental policy.
- Recycling industry--Law and legislation.
- Recycling industry.
- Computers--Recycling.
- Electronics--Materials--Recycling.
- Electronics--Materials.
- Asia.
- Electronics--Materials--Recycling--Environmental aspects--Africa.
- Computers--Recycling--Environmental aspects--Africa.
- Hazardous wastes--Law and legislation.
- Hazardous wastes.
- Environmental policy--Africa.
- Africa.
- Genre:
- Environmental films.
- Short films.
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (23 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Exporting re-use and abuse to Africa
- High-tech trashing of Asia
- Place of Publication:
- Seattle, WA : Basel Action Network, 2008.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1.
- digital
- optical
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- In the first film (The digital dump), we see the environmental impact of the unsalvageable metals in exported recycled computers and television, with Nigeria as an example. In the second film (Exporting harm) we follow a waste stream to its ultimate end in a group of villages in Northeast China.
- Contents:
- The Digital dump (23 min.)
- Exporting harm (23 min.).
- Participant:
- Narration by Mary Ryan.
- Credits:
- (The digital dump) Camera, Leonard Davis; editor, Carol Geertsema.
- (Exporting harm) Camera, Jim Puckett; editors, Bill Zude ... [et al.].
- Notes:
- Videodisc release of two documentary short motion pictures, produced in 2002 (The digital dump) and 2005 (Exporting harm).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Louis A. Duhring Fund.
- Contains:
- Exporting harm
- OCLC:
- 226371519
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