US Electronic Waste

i'm not anti-recycling, but i dont give a crap at all. if some dude wants to startup a electronics recycling firm that is self-sustaining and profitable, i wouldnt be against supporting it, but i dont like being told what i can and cant throw out in the garbage besides maybe a dead baby or hooker
 
I read this article some time ago but this is the first time that I saw the entire video coverage.

It really is quite sad. I suppose it really does highlight the need to develop proper ways to dispose of such dangerous items.

It does come full circle though... Made in China because it's cheap, disposed of in China because it's cheap. This in my opinion is why the north American Economy is in trouble in years to come because everything must be as cheap as possible with no thought of where it comes from or what the effect is on the country who is doing the dirty work.
 
Canon said:
I read this article some time ago but this is the first time that I saw the entire video coverage.

It really is quite sad. I suppose it really does highlight the need to develop proper ways to dispose of such dangerous items.

It does come full circle though... Made in China because it's cheap, disposed of in China because it's cheap. This in my opinion is why the north American Economy is in trouble in years to come because everything must be as cheap as possible with no thought of where it comes from or what the effect is on the country who is doing the dirty work.
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Reminds me of storyofstuff.org. It's all very true and very sad. It's our society. Exploit others for our own benefit.
 
the "exploited" in these cases are hardly being exploited. They enable an atmosphere of casual acceptance of such practices by providing easy and accessible services.

That doesn't remove our responsibility to give more of a crap... but I wouldn't call this exploitation, really.

Our economy is in trouble for lots of reasons. Until easy and accessible services are funded and created here to deal with the problem more effectively, then we (as well as many many other developed nations) will continue the e-waste build up.
 
Goatcrapp said:
the "exploited" in these cases are hardly being exploited. They enable an atmosphere of casual acceptance of such practices by providing easy and accessible services.

That doesn't remove our responsibility to give more of a crap... but I wouldn't call this exploitation, really.

Our economy is in trouble for lots of reasons. Until easy and accessible services are funded and created here to deal with the problem more effectively, then we (as well as many many other developed nations) will continue the e-waste build up.
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Well, I mainly agree with the parts about how our products are cheap because we are using others resources to our benefit. Taking advantage of shit that would not fly in the US.
 
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