Hi rene Sometimes it is easier said than done.
Many times it is the businessmen that will exploit the poor uneducated guys as happened in China. Entire village affected by the waste and indiscriminate disposal of waste for profits. Many in the village died of cancer and related diseases. Here again education is important. These people must be informed of the dangers of those toxic wastes and the fumes they breathed with melting the metals and pcbs. Kwame's concern is legit. Again I say, actions not words to solve all these. Alan --- On Tue, 8/12/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [DDN] e-waste in Ghana To: "The Digital Divide Network discussion group" <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, August 12, 2008, 10:46 AM hi Kwame on the upside, it can be an opportunity for ghana a lot of organizations have already written how to recycle pc's and other ict equipment the hardest part is to find buyers for the segregated pc parts china and india are prospects with their new appetites for metals surplus ict equipment (and other surplus materials) from the developed countries are really opportunities for developing countries in this case for school children just the right mindset and procedures need to be implemented reduce-reuse-repair-recycle regards rene y3k foundation > Denizens: > I brought this issue up several years ago (about 10yrs). I was berated by > another person > who accused me of crying wolf and rather preventing some poor school > children in Africa > from receiving free computers donated by "philanthropist". I tried to go > to > the archives to > retrieve that thread but I can only go to 2001. > > This is a growing menace to African society where under the guise of > donating computers, > Africans rather end up being a "dump site". > > we are still watching, > stay strong, > KDD > > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7544003.stm > > Greenpeace says it is concerned about the electronic waste trade in Ghana > which it claims is putting > the health of workers at risk. The campaign group says the dismantling of > discarded computers on > rubbish tips exposes people to smoke and chemicals. > > Will Ross reports from Accra in Ghana. > _______________________________________________ > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > [email protected] > http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide > To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. > _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [email protected] http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [email protected] http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
