yep, quem produz tambem produz responsabilidades. tou com o saco cheio dessa tirada de corpinho que estes elefantes industriais andam fazendo. pois onde pisam f0de tudo!
mas tambem nos colocarmos nesta balanca: quanto consumimosXquantoproduzimos ?? quanto(s) produzimos X quanto(s) consumimos??? internacional ?? pow, mas nao 'produzimos' as fronteiras tambem? siga rima. mbraz 2007/12/18, Çtalker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > VAMOS COMEÇAR UM MOVIMENTO INTERNACIONAL PELA RESPONSABILIZAÇÃO > FINANCEIRA DAS TRANSNACIONAIS PELOS RESULTADOS DA OBSOLESCÊNCIA > PROGRAMADA! > > Felipe Fonseca escreveu: > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: DeeDee Halleck > > Date: Dec 16, 2007 12:10 AM > > Subject: <nettime> E-Waste > > > > > > Please post. > > > > Thought net-times might be interested in this. > > > > xx > > > > DeeDee > > > > > > > > E-Wasting Away in China > > > > by Terry J. Allen, > > In These Times column > > The highway of poisoned products that runs from China to the United > > States is not a one-way street. America ships China up to 80 percent > > of U.S. electronic waste discarded computers, cell phones, TVs, etc. > > Last year alone, the United States exported enough e-waste to cover a > > football field and rise a mile into the sky. > > > > So while the media ride their new lead-painted hobbyhorse the danger > > of Chinese wares spare a thought for Chinese workers dying to dispose > > of millions of tons of our toxic crap. > > > > Most of the junk ends up in the small port city of Guiyu, a one- > > industry town four hours from Hong Kong that reeks of acid fumes and > > burning plastic. Its narrow streets are lined with 5,500 small-scale > > scavenger enterprises euphemistically called ?recyclers.? They employ > > 80 percent of the town?s families more than 30,000 people who recover > > copper, gold and other valuable materials from 15 million tons of e- > > waste. > > > > Unmasked and ungloved, Guiyu?s workers dip motherboards into acid > > baths, shred and grind plastic casings from monitors, and grill > > components over open coal fires. They expose themselves to brain- > > damaging, lung-burning, carcinogenic, birth-defect- inducing toxins > > such as lead, mercury, cadmium and bromated flame retardants (the > > subject of last month?s column), as well as to dioxin at levels up to > > 56 times World Health Organization standards. Some 82 percent of > > children under 6 around Guiyu have lead poisoning. > > > > While workers reap $1 to $3 a day and an early death, the ?recycling? > > industry in both the United States and China harvests substantial > > profits. U.S. exporters not only avoid the cost of environmentally > > sound disposal at home, but they also turn a buck from selling the > > waste abroad. After disassembly, one ton of computer scrap yields > > more gold than 17 tons of gold ore, and circuit boards can be 40 > > times richer in copper than copper ore. In Guiyu alone, workers > > extract 5 tons of gold, 1 ton of silver and an estimated $150 million > > a year. > > > > Many U.S. exporters pose as recyclers rather than dumpers. But a 2005 > > Government Accountability Office report found that ?it is difficult > > to verify that exported used electronics are actually destined for > > reuse, or that they are ultimately managed responsibly once they > > leave U.S. shores.? > > > > This dumping of toxic waste by developed countries onto developing > > ones is illegal under the Basel Convention, a 1992 international > > treaty that was ratified by every industrialized nation except the > > United States. > > > > Unhindered by international law and unmonitored by Washington, U.S. > > brokers simply label e-waste ?recyclable? and ship it somewhere with > > lax environmental laws, corrupt officials and desperately poor > > workers. China has all three. And a packing case with a 100-dollar > > bill taped to it slips as easily as an eel through Guiyu?s ports. > > > > E-waste fills a neat niche in the U.S.-China trade. America?s > > insatiable appetite for cheap Chinese goods has created a trade > > deficit that topped $233 billion last year. While e-waste does little > > to redress the financial disparity, it helps ensure that the > > container vessels carrying merchandise to Wal-Mart?s shelves do not > > return empty to China. > > > > In the 19th century, England faced a similarly massive deficit with > > China until a different kind of junk opium allowed it to complete the > > lucrative England-India-China trade triangle. > > > > Britain, after destroying India?s indigenous textile industry and > > impoverishing local weavers, flooded its colony with English textiles > > carried on English ships. The British East India Company fleet then > > traveled to China to buy tea, silk and other commodities to sate > > Europe?s appetites for ?exotic? luxuries. But since there was little > > the Chinese wanted from either India or Europe, the ships traveled > > light and profitless on the India-China side of the triangle. That > > is, until England forced Indian peasants to grow opium and, in the > > process, precipitate mass starvation by diverting cultivable land. > > > > The trade fleet then filled up with opium and pushed it to China > > through the port of Canton. Since opium was illegal in China, Britain > > started a war in 1839 to force Peking to accept the drug. By 1905, > > more than a quarter of China?s male population was addicted. > > > > Now it is Americans who are addicted to Chinese junk. And our own > > government policies and corporations are the ones stoking the jones. > > Slick marketing and consumer fetishism push Americans to buy the > > latest, lightest, biggest, smallest, fastest, trendiest items. And > > even if you are not hooked on the latest gadgets, repairs or upgrades > > are impractical. The half billion computers we trashed in the last > > decade have to go somewhere, and shipping them to China and other > > poor nations is a win-win solution for Chinese and U.S. industry. > > > > As for the populations of both countries, we can feast on the irony > > that the same ships that carry toxic toys and food ingredients to > > Americans return bearing deadly e-waste for the Chinese. > > > > Terry Allen > > phone 802.229.0303 > > cell 212.691.1145 > > www.terryjallen.com > > > > > > > > www.deedeehalleck.blogspot.com > > www.deepdishwavesofchange.blogspot.com > > > > > > # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission > > # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, > > # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets > > # more info: http://mail.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l > > # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Lista de discussão da MetaReciclagem > Envie mensagens para [email protected] > http://lista.metareciclagem.org > -- ൬βռăʒ --> Yeats: "Mirror on mirror mirrored is all the show." --> Flusser: "Espelho por espelho espelhado e' todo o espetaculo."
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