eWaste

[gbk1]

e-Waste, no not the kind where you hit delete on a message and it goes away. This topic was focused on a while ago. Struck me again when I stumbled on Engadget this morning.

With a population reaching 7 billion by 2012, energy/waste management becomes our biggest issue. Not to ruin your day or make you appreciate yourself more or even take any kind of initiative but its good to be globally aware.

Spare 30 minutes: Videos Via Engadet. (http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/video-chinas-toxic-wastelands-of-consumer-electronics-revealed/)

[swaney29]

this is beyond crazy just wow

[i3igal]

e-Waste, no not the kind where you hit delete on a message and it goes away. This topic was focused on a while ago. Struck me again when I stumbled on Engadget this morning.

With a population reaching 7 billion by 2012, energy/waste management becomes our biggest issue. Not to ruin your day or make you appreciate yourself more or even take any kind of initiative but its good to be globally aware.

Spare 30 minutes: Videos Via Engadet. (http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/video-chinas-toxic-wastelands-of-consumer-electronics-revealed/)


Have you seen the movie Wal E. That is just scary too. Maybe a little more closer to reality than we think.

[Jorsher]

I saw this same thing on a documentary called "Manufactured Landscapes" a while back. It is really mind-boggling the damage that is caused by old electronics, and the people that clean it up.

I know they aren't directly forced to and it's their choice, but they shouldn't be forced into those conditions. It's sad to see children playing in toxic water, probably unaware of what damage it's causing their health.

[DesignDawg]

Yeah, this is nuts. I know someone who works for a company that ships old electronics to China. That's what the business is. Eye-opening stuff indeed. But it's a real conundrum: This stuff has to go somewhere. And it does have valuable materials in it. And there are people who have found a way to scratch out an existence gleaning those materials from it. Do we like it? NO. Are conditions good? No. But those people want to do it. And they don't want their right to do it taken away. But does that make it OK? No. And if you stop it, where is it all going to end up? It's always good to bring issues like this out in the open. It gives us all stuff to think about. Not just what to do with the trash, but whose right/responsibility is it to regulate it? And should people who want to be involved be allowed to be?

Thanks for the link.