When reading through this article it is clear that the writing is not neutral. We could go through the article and try to clean up the wording. Another problem is that a lot of the information on the page does not have any citations. We could look for a source for the information, or just remove it from the article if nothing can be found.
I am having trouble finding anything on the Electronic waste: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ewaste page that needs to be updated. I looked on Google News and it does not seem like there has been any recent government activity in dealing with Ewaste. However, at the top of the page it says that the article is very US centric. Maybe we can look up laws in Europe that deal with Ewaste, that have not yet been added to the article. I could not find. Maybe we could get some statistics that were found in Europe, rather than the US.
This page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley_Toxics_Coalition could use a lot of work. SVTC is located very near to us. We can look on their website for recent news about the organization to put onto the Wikipedia page. It should be very easy to find content to add because there is almost no information on the page right now. For example, we can provide links to each of the reports that the Wikipedia article mentions.
The article on Electronic is very descriptive and provides great technical information. Since we found a lot of information that talks about ewaste being shipped to third world countries and how they are not going through proper recycling process exposing workers to extremely dangerous materials. We can easily add this information and it will update some of their data.
ReplyDeleteI didn't come across Silicon Valley Toxic Coalition during my search, but I think that updating the content by researching their website and adding all the research we have is one of our best options. Considering that they are from San Jose and dedicated their time to research and advocate "safe environmental practices" correlates perfect with our studies.