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    The Serial Entrepreneur Who Is Tackling E-Waste With EcoATMs

    Automated kiosks that buy back used electronics aim to ease the electronic waste burden and put cash in consumers' pockets.
    by Katherine Duncan Jun 01, 2013 2 minutes
    Dead ringers: Mark Bowles of ecoATM.
    2013 Brilliant 100

    The U.S. disposes of more than 384 million units of electronic waste each year, and less than 20 percent of that is recycled, according to the Electronics TakeBack Coalition. The remaining 80 percent is burned or dumped in landfills, leaking toxic substances like

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