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Unintended Results From U.S. Hardware Dumps In Asia

Posted by timothy on from the where-stuff-goes dept.

Izeickl writes: "The BBC has a thought provoking story about old hardware being dumped in parts of Asia. The report 'details a group of villages in south-eastern China where computers from America are picked apart and strewn along rivers and fields.' the article also states 'The report suggested that as much as 80% of the America's electronic waste collected to be recycled is shipped out of the country.'"

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  1. Farming? by DiveX · · Score: 4, Funny

    "picked apart and strewn along rivers and fields."

    What are they trying to do....grow more computers?

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  2. Re:That sucks by Eagle7 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Actually, I used to work at (one of) the IBM sites where the recycling takes place (Endicott, NY). At least IBM's program is legit - there was just too much space and too many people there for it to be a "front" to an overseas shipping operation.

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  3. Translations by Decimal · · Score: 5, Funny

    I keep having this picture of archeologists in thousands of years in the future going through all of this stuff, and trying to piece together an old PC. no tech manuals, etc.

    (A.P. News 25,237 CE)

    Archeologists have made a great advance towards understanding the contents of fossilised "hard disks" with the discovery of what they are calling the "Pornsetta Stone"...

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