Some minutes ago I watched a documentary about the final disposal of e-
waste in some Asian poorest countries. It was shocking. I wasn't aware
of the magnitude of this problem. All the electronic/computer waste
is collected and thrown away ("exported") to poorest countries.
Please check this out:
Following The Trail Of Toxic E-Waste
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/11/06/60minutes/main4579229.shtml
"BAN Founder Jim Puckett expects much more e-waste will be exported
from the U.S. once the broadcasting industry switches to digital
signals on Feb. 17 and millions of households junk their old analog TV
sets."
You can watch/see some more videos/images about this topic looking for
"e-waste" in google and here some links:
Basel Convention
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basel_Convention
The Basel Action Network – BAN
http://www.ban.org/
Hazardous waste
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazardous_waste
Thank you,
Pablo
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