Industrial Ecology

Spring 2011

Reading Set 6:

Assigned on Friday 20 May and due Friday 27 May.
Read and critique three of the following four papers. Your choice

Paper Bags or Platic Bags? New Proposals Like Neither
by Sabra Chartrand,
New York Times, Thursday 20 May 2010.

The 1.7 kilogram microchip: Energy and material use in the production of semiconductor devices
by Eric D. Williams, Robert U. Ayres and Miriam Heller,
Environ. Sci. & Technology, 2002, Vol. 36, pages 5504-5510.

TRASH - Will your discarded TV or computer end up in a ditch in Ghana?
by Chris Carroll,
National Geographic, January 2008, pages 65-87.

Life Cycle Cost Disclosure, Consumer Behavior, and Business Implications
Evidence from an Online Field Experiment,
by Matthias Deutsch,
J. of Industrial Ecology, Vol. 14, No. 1, January/February 2010, pages 103-120.