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Electronic waste : harmful U.S. exports flow virtually unrestricted because of minimal EPA enforcement and narrow regulation : testimony before the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment, Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives

Title
Electronic waste : harmful U.S. exports flow virtually unrestricted because of minimal EPA enforcement and narrow regulation : testimony before the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment, Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives / statement of John B. Stephenson.
Author
Stephenson, John B.
Publication
[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2008]

Available Online

https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS105139

Details

Additional Authors
  • United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment.
  • United States. Government Accountability Office.
Description
17 pages : digital, PDF file.
Summary
GAO's August 2008 report examined (1) the fate of exported used electronics, (2) the effectiveness of regulatory controls over the export of these devices, and (3) options to strengthen federal regulation of exported used electronics. Among other things, GAO reviewed waste management surveys in developing countries, monitored e-commerce Web sites, and posed as foreign Internet buyers of broken CRTs.
Series Statement
Testimony ; GAO-08-1166 T
Uniform Title
Testimony ; GAO-08-1166 T.
Alternative Title
  • Electronic waste : harmful United States exports flow virtually unrestricted because of minimal Environmental Protection Agency enforcement and narrow regulation
  • Harmful U.S. exports flow virtually unrestricted because of minimal EPA enforcement and narrow regulation
  • Electronic waste exports
Subject
  • United States. Environmental Protection Agency > Rules and practice
  • Electronic waste > United States > Management
  • Electronic apparatus and appliances > Environmental aspects > United States
  • Recycling (Waste, etc.) > United States
Note
  • Title from title screen (viewed on Sept. 17, 2008).
  • "For release on delivery ... September 17, 2008."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
System Details (note)
  • Mode of access: World Wide Web from GAO web site. Address as of 9/17/08: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081166t.pdf; current access available via PURL.
Call Number
GPO Internet GA 1.5/2:GAO-08-1166 T
OCLC
marcive252229133
Author
Stephenson, John B.
Title
Electronic waste : harmful U.S. exports flow virtually unrestricted because of minimal EPA enforcement and narrow regulation : testimony before the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment, Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives / statement of John B. Stephenson.
Publisher
[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2008]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Series
Testimony ; GAO-08-1166 T
Testimony ; GAO-08-1166 T.
System Details
Mode of access: World Wide Web from GAO web site. Address as of 9/17/08: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081166t.pdf; current access available via PURL.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Connect to:
https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS105139
Added Author
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment.
United States. Government Accountability Office.
Running Title
Electronic waste exports
Gpo Item No.
0546-D-01 (online)
Sudoc No.
GA 1.5/2:GAO-08-1166 T
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