Dear GKD Members,
Ekoue's note, as with certain others, offers an important element of
realism. I wonder, if no-one has raised this before, whether equipment
supply companies can be encouraged, as part of a life-cycle management
policy (see e.g., German industrial manufacture, where producers
increasingly have to account (and pay) for good environmental practice
not just in production and use, but also in disposal). A 'next
generation use' fund could be an interesting proposition, provided iof
course that the ultimate disposal, in the recipient countries concerned
(or shipped back to the West?), could also be accountably managed.
An initiative for UNIDO? Some green consumer lobbying? Would Dell, HP,
IBM etc recognise this as a positive marketing strategy amongst wealthy
and at least slightly guilt-ridden Western consumers?
James Muir
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