Growing Problems With Electronics Waste

eldavojohn writes "The BBC is reporting that many countries are dumping their e-Waste in poorer African nations. From the article, 'The world's richest nations are dumping hazardous electronic waste on poor African countries, says the head of the UN's Environment Programme (Unep).' The problem with e-Waste (versus other wastes) is that the gases and chemicals that make up a lot of electronics are particularly harmful for the environment. I suppose nobody takes their computer, TV or Radio to the repair shop anymore since a new one is a fraction of that cost down at the local convenience store."

Comments

Ah, the old reverse 419 scam

[Anonymous Coward]

Hello, my name is Robert Johnson and I have recently come to aquire 10,000,000 computers that I need to smuggle out of the country...

E-Waste

[timgradwell]

"The BBC is reporting that many countries are dumping their e-Waste in poorer African nations."

I always wondered what happened to the spam emails after I deleted them. Now I finally know where they end up.

Re:I keep all my old electronics

[YrWrstNtmr]

I don't remember the last time I threw away anything electronic.

You're not married, are you?