Published April 16, 2009 in the Commercial Appeal
After owning a Nintendo DS Lite for just four months, my 7-year-old told me he was ready to upgrade to the new DSi, which was just released this month and costs considerably more.
He's already a typical American consumer, accustomed to routinely replacing electronics every few years, or less. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that Americans produce 2 million tons of electronic waste, or e-waste, per year, an amount that would fill enough 18-wheelers to stretch from Chicago to Los Angeles...(Read more)
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