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Recycling The First World, in the Third
simoncito writes "Ever wondered where that old useless printer ended up? BBC has a photo report about chinese villagers building ramshackle systems out of used and discarded first world computer parts. The effects on their surroundings are drastic - I never knew hardware was so poisonous." Worth a look if you aren't desensitized to suffering.
Anyone know the proper way to dispose of a monitor?
Glad to know our waste goes to use...at least were helping someone
Got thirty seconds?
Google has a few suggestions regarding monitor disposal.
Question: What is the opposite of investigative reporting?
Obliteracy: Words with explosions
They say toner ink is a possible carcinogen, article is simply FUD. Absetos was thought to be a carcinogen, but it really isn't, that was just pure FUD. But then again, EVERYTHING these days is cancer causing..
And, wtf, why not simply send those computers to those countries as working comptuers instead of in garbage? As with broken parts or just parts, do the following: launch them in a rocket and put it in space.
Slashdot Hypocrisy at work?
that someone is finding value in old hardware. It's good that their economic system can support it.
... move. It's like Sam Kinnison used to say, "You live in a freaking desert. Move."
As for the enviornmental concerns, last time I looked China wasn't the 51st state. If their government can't control it then it's their problem not ours.
Amazing how America can be portrayed as the bad guy all around the world. Face facts, if you're stupid enough to inhale fumes from PC parts you're burning you should be dead. Those who don't die make money.
If you don't like where you live