Terms: televisions
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- Science > Ecology > Recycling > Televisions
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- LCD Televisions (Crutchfield.com)
Provides televisions. Awesome Library does not endorse these products but provides them as examples.
- History of Televisions (PBS.org)
"Let's take a quick look at the history of television and honor a few of the people responsible for bringing us a piece of furniture that entertains and teaches us." 01-06
- LCD Televisions (BuyDig.com)
Provides televisions. Awesome Library does not endorse these products but provides them as examples.
- How Stuff Works (BYG Publishing - Brain)
Provides diagrams and explanations on how auto engines, computers, televisions, and other stuff work.
- Recycling Technology (CNN News)
'Tons of computers, monitors, televisions and other electronic gizmos that contain hazardous chemicals, or "e-waste,' may be poisoning people and ground water. Activists say the nation's biggest environmental problem may be the smallest devices, and this week they're launching campaigns to increase awareness about recycling cell phones, music players, handheld gaming consoles and other electronics."
"Frequently, smaller portable gadgets have batteries that are prohibitively expensive to replace. So consumers in affluent countries simply toss them in the trash."
"Environmentalists are particularly bothered by the recycling and reuse policies of cell phone manufacturers and distributors and of Apple Computer Inc., maker of the iPod digital music player."
"The biggest offenders are cell phones, said Dinn, because they pose a hazardous "double whammy" to the environment. 04-05
- -01-07-06 America Exporting Pollution? (ABC News)
"Americans bought an estimated $125 billion worth of consumer electronics — computers, monitors, cell phones, televisions — this past year. With hundreds of millions of them becoming obsolete every year in this country, what happens to all the stuff we don't want any more?" 01-06
- Television Glossary of Terms (CircuitCity.com)
Provides terminology related to high-definition televisions (HDTV). 04-07
- Recycling Locations (MyGreenElectronics.com)
"Through responsible use, reuse and recycling of electronics, the consumer electronics industry and consumers can protect and preserve the environment—together." 04-08
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