Comments for Tackling Electronic Waste

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This piece belongs to the series "March 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series"

Produced by Catalina Island Conservancy

Other pieces by Catalina Island Conservancy

Summary: Six hundred million desktop and laptop computers in the United States will soon be obsolete and thrown away.
 

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Review of Tackling Electronic Waste

Tight editing and crisp delivery characterize these daily 90-second modules that are part of the Isla Earth Radio Series produced by Catalina Island Conservancy. This module talks about e-waste, the lead, mercury, and cadmium byproducts of discarded computers, and how these elements are contaminating the environment. It is very well written and highly listenable; there is a lot of information in 90 seconds, and not a word is wasted. These would be excellent high quality drop-ins for magazine formats or as interstitials between programs or program elements. These are about as good as any short format informational series I have heard.