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Where Computers Go To Die
broohaha writes "Salon.com has a featured article on where all our unwanted techno trash gets sent, and what is not being done enough to account for all the so-called 'recycling' we're doing. From the article: 'More than 50 percent of our recycled computers are shipped overseas, where their toxic components are polluting poor communities. Meanwhile, U.S. laws are a mess, and industry and Congress are resisting efforts to stem the effluent of the affluent.' Some sites to visit dedicated to attacking the problem are Computer Take Back Campaign and Ban Action Network."
Of course the Bush administration is at least partially to blame for this. If they had approved the Kyoto protocol, it would be harder for the USians to ship their trash to other countries to dispose of it.
Impeach Bush, he is evil!
People have junk they don't want. People pay other people to take the junk. A third group of people whine.