Digital Waste Worth More Than Gold, Copper Ore

Posted by kdawson on Sunday May 20, 2007 @06:31PM from the but-then-there's-the-cadmium dept.

tcd004 writes "Imagine sheer mountains of discarded Pentium IIIs, tractor trailers overflowing with discarded wall warts. Photojournalist Natalie Behring visited Guiyu, China and documented the world's biggest digital dump where, for $2 per day, the locals sort, disassemble, and pulverize hundreds of tons of e-waste. The payoff is huge: computer waste contains 17 times more gold than gold ore, 40 times more copper than copper ore. But the detritus also leaches chemicals and metals into local water supplies."

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Pure Evil by fan+of+lem · 2007-05-20 19:32 · Score: 0, Offtopic

But the detritus also leaches chemicals and metals into local water supplies.

They actually do that on purpose to achieve the ultimate Evil Villain rep. Plus they rape your cats on the side.