The prevailing storyline about the problem of electronic waste frames e-waste as generated by consumers in developed countries and dumped on people and places in developing countries. In Reassembling Rubbish, Josh Lepawsky offers a different view. In an innovative analysis of the global trade and traffic in discarded electronics, Lepawsky reframes the question of the "right" thing to do with e-waste, mapping the complex flows of electronic materials.
He counters the assumption that a-waste is a postconsumer problem, pointing out that waste occurs at all stages of electronic materials' existence, and calls attention to the underresearched world of reuse and repair.
The prevailing storyline about the problem of electronic waste frames e-waste as generated by consumers in developed countries and dumped on people and places in developing countries. In Reassembling Rubbish, Josh Lepawsky offers a different view. In an innovative analysis of the global trade and traffic in discarded electronics, Lepawsky reframes the question of the "right" thing to do with e-waste, mapping the complex flows of electronic materials.
He counters the assumption that a-waste is a postconsumer problem, pointing out that waste occurs at all stages of electronic materials' existence, and calls attention to the underresearched world of reuse and repair.