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Unintended Results From U.S. Hardware Dumps In Asia
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.'"
This reminds me of a report a few years back that found that most paper being put into recycling bins actually wound up being stockpiled in warehouses because companies weren't buying enough post-consumer paper. Same thing was happening in Austria. It kinda made me a bit cynical about the whole environmental issue. (I still recycle most of the stuff I can, but I always get skeptical whenever a new 'study' comes out on the benefits of recycled materials.)
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But I digress... so, in PA, we're not allowed to throw out computers. We have to take them to recycling centers... well, technically. I still think most people just toss the machines. For the reason that toxic metals will leech into the ground and pollute the water. What a shame that we're shipping all our crap to other countries to pollute.
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Yes, it's offtopic- well mod me sideways.
And I'm sure that Europeans love your naive attitude in which you express an amazing ignorance about recent history.
WWI: 80,000 US dead. 5,000,000 Russian dead. A million or two dead in each of Britain and France.
WWII: 385,000 US dead in both theaters. Millions of Russians died on Germany's Eastern front and they, not the US, were largely responsible for Germany's defeat.
Belittling the contributions of those countries who lost millions of dead in those two conflicts does no honor to those of our own country who died in those two conflicts.
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