Friday, December 11, 2009
Anthony - e waste
The problem with e-waste today is a big one and needs to be addressed. A lot of the used computer equipment is sent from the United States to developing countries for use in homes, schools and businesses but is usually neither usable or repairable, and it is creating huge environmental problems in some of the world's poorest places. Monitors, laptops and many other devices can be very toxic, and it is crazy to see pictures of little kids playing on these mounds of toxic waste. It is unbelievable to me that we could just dump our trash into another country and just let them deal with it, let alone the fact that it is harming people who are exposed to it. I really think that something needs to be done about this and a different way of recycling this stuff has to be introduced.
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