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."

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Re:Ship It

[chef_raekwon]

i know that this is partly an attempt for humour..however, there are valid reasons why we 'shouldn't' rocket our garbage to some unknown solar system....

a - we'd be exporting our problem, and turning space into our wasteland (if the garbage didnt make it to a star for burning), much like we have done to our water systems for centuries...

b - (more importantly) we'd be exporting minerals/energy/work etc. etc. from our planet. One thing that remains a constant here on earth, is the matter. as part of grade 10 science, we all know that matter can be neither destroyed, nor created. what we have is what we have. soooo, if we start sending our garbage 'off-site', technically we'd be losing 'matter'. this 'could' have serious side affects in the future (much like the side-affects of putting garbage into the ground and covering it with dirt).

im sure there are other reasons...but i have to eat my lunch. (read:no more that i can think of).