Environmental Watchdogs Confused By E-Waste Practices

retroworks writes with a California-centric story that might have parallels in other states, too: "The Sacramento Bee digs further into the controversy over E-Waste exports, and finds that environmental watchdogs doth protest too much. Remember how we were all urged to use a 'Pledge' Signing company to properly recycle our old computers and televisions? Remember how companies which didn't 'Pledge' were accused of exporting toxic poisons by groups like Basel Action Network? The Bee's Tom Knudson discovered that some of the loudest Pledge recycling companies used the exact same exporting brokers as BAN was attacking as 'worst actors.' One California firm exported 6.9 million pounds of raw electronics through the same export market which the environmental 'watchdog' attacked earlier this year... Whether or not the export market was ok to begin with, or continues to be unacceptable, the watchdogs still want to be the experts of who is the best 'e-waste' recycling company. Credibility, RIP."

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This is just more proof that all this "green" propaganda is nothing more than a ruse created to lure well intentioned people into accepting useless and rather expensive means to reduce waste for no other reason than to appease some sort of personal jealousy they have for using the earth's resources in ways that are frowned upon by some of these organizations that have seemingly popped up over night and are invading your towns and regulatory bodies all over the country.

Time and time again we see some "greenies" telling us how we have to live, and then they go off and do the exact opposite.. People like Al Gore and James Cameron come to mind as some of the big hypocrites.

Before I get flamebaited to death, keep in mind I'm referring to the white-collar business mogul types that stand to profit by imposing unnecessary regulations on small businesses and the general populace while escaping these same practices themselves by being crafty with the wording they use when lobbying for these kinds of regulations.

Don't be fooled into believing Al Gore really cares about the trees or the salamander population. These people have, generally - not cared about anything other than themselves. And I don't think "greenies" are particularly evil or sinister people, and I believe they have good will, but I fear they have been co-opted by the ones shrouding themselves in a veil of humanism and a promise of imminent doom unless we follow their lead.
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