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Japan's War On E-Waste

Posted by timothy on from the circle-of-life dept.

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."

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  1. Not until we are the size of japan by newt_sd · · Score: 5, Insightful

    We won't recycle unless
    1. Its very profitable
    2. We are having such a land issue that it mandates recycling.
    3. Its legislated

    This should be clear by some of the eastern states railroading their garbage out west.
    Don't get me wrong I love the idea of recycling and should be doing more of it myself but just don't think I will see a big push for it till one of those things happens

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  2. Proactive vs Reactive by Fungii · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "With the increasing number of high tech devices in Japan filling landfills, Japan has taken a proactive approach..."

    huh? Clearly they are taking a reactive approach.

    I hate the way people use buzzwords like proactive without stopping to think what they actually mean.