Toxic Trade News / 22 November 2010
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E-waste Investigation, Part 2:
Colorado auctions launder government's unwanted e-waste

Unwanted electronics end up overseas, in landfills, and in risky home recycling operations
by Kristin Jones (I-News Network), Daily Camera
 
A box of hard drives at Sum Computers, a online computer and electronics reseller based in Commerce City. Sum's owner, Moin Madraswala is a fixture at auctions of surplus state government property, including a large allotment of computers and other electronic devices at held by the Colorado Surplus Property Agency of the Colorado Department of Corrections' industries division.Photo: Joe Mahoney

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