The Green Penguin – Where Does Your E-Waste Go?   The article
discusses E-Stewards, a new certification program for e-waste
recyclers that aims to prevent dumping in landfills and
developing countries.  That old CRT monitor the size of a small
fridge. The original Apple Newton that kicked the bucket and
never woke up. The early-vintage musty VA Linux box – what
happens to all of this e-junk after it, if ever, leaves your
basement? Ideally e-junk lands at a reputable e-recycler with
the equipment to safely recycle and/or dispose of these items
that are very difficult to process. What happens frequently is
that a less-than-reputable outfit will pack your e-junk onto a
container and ship it off to a developing country with lax
environmental and labor laws, where it will wreak havoc on the
environment and poor people.  How grave is the problem of
e-waste? The Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition (SVTC) says that it
is chronic, with e-waste composing “the fastest growing part of
the waste stream”. SVTC says that around