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United States Government Accountability Office GAO Report to the Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives
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Document Date: 2011-09-17 02:06:09


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City

Seattle / Washington / DC / Washington / San Jose / /

Company

Brief Background Used Electronics Are Exported Worldwide / Customs / Border Protection / Often Handled / /

Continent

Africa / Asia / North America / /

Country

Cambodia / Sri Lanka / Indonesia / Malaysia / Pakistan / United States / Vietnam / China / Singapore / India / /

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Event

Product Issues / /

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electronic device / scrap metal / electronic products / hazardous used electronics / electronics recycling industry / e-commerce Web sites / consumers purchase new devices / foreign buyers / exported used electronics / e-commerce sites / e-commerce Web / harmful used electronics / electronics recyclers / electronic devices / electronics / Internet E-commerce Web Sites / harmful electronic devices / electronics exports / Internet-based exercises / egregious electronics-recycling / discarding used electronics / /

Organization

International Association of Electronics Recyclers;9 / House of Representatives / U.S. government / EPA’s office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response / OECD Council / Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition / office of Management and Budget / International Association of Electronics Recyclers / OECD / Committee on Foreign Affairs House of Representatives Dear / Department of State / Congress / Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development / House of Representatives EPA Needs to Better Control Harmful U.S. Exports / United Nations / GAO-08-1044 Electronic Waste Exports United States Government Accountability Office Washington / Committee on Foreign Affairs / Basel Convention / Central Processing Unit / EPA office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response / United Nations Environment Programme / office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance / Environmental Protection Agency / /

Person

John Stephenson / /

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Position

gov. U.S. hazardous waste regulations / collector / Chairman / The Honorable Howard L. Berman Chairman / /

Product

waste regulations / 7 others / waste recovery / 7 OECD Council / whose export / waste / units / wastes / CRT Monitors / On / CRTs / /

ProvinceOrState

Washington / California / /

Region

southeastern China / /

SportsLeague

International Association / /

Technology

CRT technology / incineration / cell phones / /

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