| 词条 | Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition |
| 释义 |
SVTC stands for a toxic-free future with environmental and social justice improvements. On their website they state that “[Their] goal is environmental sustainability and clean production, improved health, and democratic decision-making for communities and workers most affected by the high-tech revolution.”[2] They recognize how there is a great number of people in communities who are being negatively affected by high-tech pollution and the illnesses associated with that. Even workers who manufacture and recycle these electronics in countries globally develop illnesses including reproductive problems, cancer, and miscarriages. SVTC would prefer a change to an environmentally stable model in creating technology that is completely recyclable and have the industries responsible. The group is composed of high tech workers, community members, law enforcement, emergency workers and environmentalists. They aim to educate the masses on best practices for computer recycling and promote corporate social responsibility on subjects ranging from nanotechnology, solar, and consumer e-waste. Regarding E-Waste, SVTC has promoted using materials and methods that are more ecologically friendly in the production of electronics. SVTC also encourages the establishment of Extended Producer Responsibility, making producers responsible for their products’ disposal. Acknowledging the negative impact of sending e-waste containing harmful toxins overseas to prisons and to underdeveloped nations, SVTC exposes those companies who participate in this means of disposal and hold them accountable. Additionally, in the area of solar energy, SVTC details the negative effects of solar energy’s increased growth and expansion in the US. Solar panels contain the toxic materials that are also found in other e-waste and can, therefore, be equally as harmful to dispose of.[3] To help with this, SVTC has worked with the University of Edinburgh to develop a solar scorecard to help consumers and designers in Sub Saharan Africa and South Asia to decide their purchase hinged upon three sections: service and spare parts, repairability, and recyclability.[4] Furthermore, SVTC constructed the Green Jobs Platform for solar to try to improve the economy and the environment. Both the solar industry as well as the principles of the social and environmental justice were incorporated together on this platform to create global supply, production, and recycling operations.[5] Ted Smith, author of Challenging the Chip, founded the organization, but Sheila Davis now spearheads their efforts. Citizens at RiskCitizens at Risk: How Electronic Waste is Poisoning the Path Out of Poverty for India's RecyclersCitizens at Risk is a 13-minute documentary by the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, Chintan (India), and IMAK (India). It exposes the "global exploitation of the poor by a consumerist society and indifferent, irresponsible manufacturers exporting from the United states and other countries."[6] The film was shot and produced in India and contains English narration. The film premiered at the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition's 2008 benefit. Projects and investigations
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References1. ^ 2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://svtc.org/about-us/svtcs-mission-for-a-sustainable-future|title=SVTC's Mission For A Sustainable Future|last=|first=|date=|website=Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition|access-date=November 10, 2017}} 3. ^{{Cite web|url=http://svtc.org/our-work/|title=Our Work|last=|first=|date=|website=Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition|access-date=November 10, 2017}} 4. ^{{Cite web|url=http://svtc.org/our-work/off-grid-solar-scorecard/|title=Off-Grid Solar Scorecard|last=|first=|date=|website=Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition|access-date=November 10, 2017}} 5. ^{{Cite web|url=http://svtc.org/our-work/solar/green-jobs-platform-for-solar/|title=Green Jobs Platform for Solar|last=|first=|date=|website=Silicon Valley Toxins Coalition|access-date=November 10, 2017}} 6. ^http://www.svtc.org/india2008{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 7. ^{{Cite web|url=http://svtc.org/solar-recycling-database/|title=Solar Recycling Database|last=|first=|date=|website=Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition|access-date=November 10, 2017}} 8. ^Regulating Emerging Technologies in Silicon Valley and Beyond {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100707000556/http://www.svtc.org/messages/SVTC_Nanotech_Report(April-2008).pdf |date=2010-07-07 }}, retrieved on April 9, 2008 External links
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