How are conditions elswhere ?
> ... Here in Atlanta there's a
> law against dumping electronic equipment in landfills, so we had to pay
> to have old stuff hauled off.
In EU-rope some countries (Germany, Scandinavia, Netherlands) had own
regulations on electrical/electronic waste and now there's a EU-wide
rule for take-back through vendors, and strict(er) interdiction of
landfill/burning. (Belgium still just dumps, and so do most of the
mediterranean countries).
Interesting to look at the different developments in those countries
where there was early interdiction of the landfill solution: In
Germany, a number of recycling firms developed that disassembled parts
and sorted for destruction or resold useable parts. In the
Netherlands, a stongly organised "exporting" trade sprung up which
buys up, at prices above the (high) "special dump" fee, and resells
all over Africa and Eastern Europe.
Many so-called Thrid-Workd countries have no (working) dumping control,
no to speak of services; but there is an "informal (waste) economy" in
many places; and you can see oddest 'puteer parts among sardines and
cigarettes at street vendors' stands.
What Bob said, gets to the core of the issue:
> ... Either wiping properly or destruction will comply. Sadly,
> they're in the position of having to save money, not necessarily do
> the "right" thing.
With more strict waste regulation, where dumping destroyed parts gets
expensive, the alternative of recycling becomes viable, in
business=money term.
Indeed a political, not technical issue.
// Heimo Claasen // <hammer at revobild dot net> // Brussels 2001-08-15
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