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Polluted Politics examines the global conundrum of e-waste recycling through the remarkable case of the Palestinian-Israeli context, showing how the emergence, impacts and possible futures of the Palestinian informal hub that has recycled most of Israel's e-waste for two decades illuminates dynamics and dilemmas of similar places worldwide.
List of contents
Acknowledgements; Part I. Positioning E-waste Hubs: 1. The emergence of e-waste hubs; 2. The west line e-waste economy; 3. Crude portrayals, crude proposals; 4. Co-creating e-waste hub futures; 5. Can tails wag the dog? a hub-driven approach to e-waste reform; Part II. Pathways and Predicaments: 6. E-waste burning: causes, consequences, and corrections; 7. The toxic elephant in the room; 8. Border frictions: formalizing the Palestinian e-waste industry?; 9. Open questions, opening futures; References; Index.
About the author
John-Michael Davis is an Assistant Professor in The Global School at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He holds a Ph.D. in Geography from the Memorial University of Newfoundland.Yaacov Garb is a Professor of Interdisciplinary environmental research at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
Summary
Polluted Politics examines the global conundrum of e-waste recycling through the remarkable case of the Palestinian-Israeli context, showing how the emergence, impacts and possible futures of the Palestinian informal hub that has recycled most of Israel's e-waste for two decades illuminates dynamics and dilemmas of similar places worldwide.
