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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
  1. 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.
Published by
  1. [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2008]
Author
  1. Stephenson, John B.

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Additional authors
  1. United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment.
  2. United States. Government Accountability Office.
Description
  1. 17 pages : digital, PDF file.
Summary
  1. 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
  1. Testimony ; GAO-08-1166 T
Uniform title
  1. Testimony ; GAO-08-1166 T.
Alternative title
  1. Electronic waste : harmful United States exports flow virtually unrestricted because of minimal Environmental Protection Agency enforcement and narrow regulation
  2. Harmful U.S. exports flow virtually unrestricted because of minimal EPA enforcement and narrow regulation
  3. Electronic waste exports
Subject
  1. United States. Environmental Protection Agency > Rules and practice
  2. Electronic waste > United States > Management
  3. Electronic apparatus and appliances > Environmental aspects > United States
  4. Recycling (Waste, etc.) > United States
Call number
  1. GPO Internet GA 1.5/2:GAO-08-1166 T
Note
  1. Title from title screen (viewed on Sept. 17, 2008).
  2. "For release on delivery ... September 17, 2008."
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references.
System details (note)
  1. 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.
Author
  1. Stephenson, John B.
Title
  1. 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
  1. [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2008]
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. computer
Type of carrier
  1. online resource
Series
  1. Testimony ; GAO-08-1166 T
  2. Testimony ; GAO-08-1166 T.
System details
  1. 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
  1. Includes bibliographical references.
Connect to:
  1. https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS105139
Added author
  1. United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment.
  2. United States. Government Accountability Office.
Running title
  1. Electronic waste exports
Gpo item no.
  1. 0546-D-01 (online)
Sudoc no.
  1. GA 1.5/2:GAO-08-1166 T
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