Our ever-increasing reliance on electronic gadgets comes with certain environmental side-effects. Those gadgets often contain all kinds of things that are potentially harmful to the environment. It’s also a tough industry to evaluate when it comes to fair trade practices. Clark Boyd reports on how one small company in Belgium is trying to address both of those issues.
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