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December 2025

Waste Electric and Electronic Equipment

The main challenge of waste electric and electronic equipment (WEEE) management in Latin America is legislative processes; legal efforts often lack clear objectives and strategies, are not consistently enforced, or have lax sanctions.

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• American Poison: A Deadly Invention and the Woman Who Battled for Environmental Justice by A. David Wunsch Posted in: Articles, Book Reviews, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact - The UN Environment Program has called the prevalence and use of lead “one of the biggest environmental catastrophes in human… ...  Read More
• BOOK REVIEW – The New Lunar Society: An Enlightenment Guide to the Next Industrial Revolution by Eric P. Wenaas Posted in: Articles, Book Reviews, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact - Mindell believes that we are on the cusp of an industrial change that will shape not only commerce and industry… ...  Read More
• Human Activity Recognition: Innovations, Impacts, and Implications for Society by Bilal Ahmed Reshi Posted in: Articles, Editorial & Opinion, Ethics, Health & Medical, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Privacy & Security, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact - Human Activity Recognition (HAR) enables applications that enhance daily living and foster smooth technology integration into personal routines. The pervasive… ...  Read More
• On the Morality of “Fake It Till You Make It” in High-Tech by Colin Ashruf Posted in: Articles, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Case Studies, Editorial & Opinion, Ethics, Health & Medical, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact - The highly dubious practice of “Fake It Till You Make It” resurfaced recently, as it has periodically throughout high-tech’s history,… ...  Read More
• Evidence, Austerity, and the Public Good by Ketra Schmitt Posted in: Articles, Editorial & Opinion, Ethics, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact - Rather than reflexively accepting the need to cut budgets, services, and investment, let us take the time to critically examine… ...  Read More
• Expanding Our Reach: Amplifying SSIT’s Societal Mission by murtyp Posted in: Articles, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, President's Message, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact - For over five decades, the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology (SSIT) has been the professional home for people… ...  Read More

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