Texas teen's hard work, dedication recognized by international water community

摘要

We sure do love our technology - our computers, our cell phones, and all those batteries needed to power them. But as our love affair with the newest gadgets and gizmos has intensified, so has the amount of electronic waste we generate. When those once-shiny and exciting toys end up in landfills, they can pose a very serious threat to water quality in the form of leachate laden with heavy metals and persistent organic pollutants. It's a global problem and it's growing -particularly in developing countries that have become the final resting place for much of the world's obsolete and dis-carded technologies.