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Japan's War On E-Waste
Stonent1 writes "With the increasing number of high tech devices in Japan filling landfills, Japan has taken a proactive approach to E-waste. BBC News has an interesting article on Matsushita's electronics recycling plant. For example, TV and monitor tubes are opened with a special tool and separated into leaded and unleaded glass, melted and reused in new displays! The plastic housing is also melted down and reused. Sounds like a good idea for the U.S., too."
Christmas Shopping Via Dumpster Diving.
For example, TV and monitor tubes are opened with a special tool and separated into leaded and unleaded glass, melted and reused in new displays!
Hey this display looks like Regular unleaded....she needs premium dude... premium
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Why dont we just shoot this stuff into space? There are 70,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Stars Out There, you can't tell me there is no room for this stuff.
Please recycle your electrons responsibly. It's a great shame that our e-landfil sites are filling up with so many bits and bytes that could otherwise be reused.
If we don't take care to conserve our resources now, in 20 years time there might not be enough free data to allow any new films, music or even slashdot posts, thus crippling society as we know it.
Beep beep.
I wonder just how many E.T. cartridges are in that "Waste."
You need to restart your computer. Hold down the Power button for several seconds or press the Restart button.
After reading the article this sounds almost as efficent as the recycling plant /. has set up for their dupe stories.
:p
Or maybe they did take a cue from us?
Dell is using prison labor to handle recycling in an unsafe manor.
Why the hell are prisoners being housed in a manor? They belong in jail!
Is food waste f-waste? Email is fine, ebusiness was tolerable. Give it up. It's old.
Why would we do this. We've got MONTANA to fill up.
Yeah! Screw the environment! What did it ever do for us, huh?
Ummm...
The city of New New York has been garbage free for centuries, mostly because the city got rid of all its garbage in the 21st century by compacting it all into a big ball and firing it into space. The porn movie "The Great Garbage Crisis of NY" gives the historical details to this.
But later on when the giant garbage ball was discovered to be on retour course to hit Earth, something had to be done. After a failed attempt by the Planet Express crew to blow up the ball, Philip J Fry came up with the idea of constructing another ball of garbage, and firing it at the one in space in an effort to send it reeling off course. All of New New York did their part to make garbage, and Fry's plan was a success.
Thanks gotfuturama.com!
No Disassemble! Johnny Five Alive!
If as typical, this article gets posted 3 times, is that recycling e-waste?
-Iowa
"He who laughs last, didn't get the joke."-Cap
You havent bought a printer cartridge recently have you lol
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Why not!?! That big ditch needs to be filled sometime, and what better purpose than our IT waste! ;P
They should've gone with the radioactive approach and have Godzilla take care of it all in one breath.
"You know Myra, some people might think you're cute. But me, I think you're one very large baked potato."
It was specifically stated in the interview that that was an official company benefit! Get yer grubby Chuck Taylors outta that dumpster!!
the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
For example, TV and monitor tubes are opened with a special tool and separated into leaded and unleaded glass
I have a special tool for that too... it's called a sledge hammer! (!!!)
There are only 10 kinds of people in this world... those who understand binary and those who don't
OK, now that's just a nifty expression.
at some point, it may be co-opted, mass marketed and then overused into extinction, but for right now, really cool.
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That's the difference between farting in a crowded elevator versus fating in an open space. You probably can get away with the latest, but you sure will get some reactions with the first.