On Mon, 25 Feb 2002, Jeffrey S. Sharp wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Feb 2002, Passer, Michael W. wrote:
>
> > Saw a referemce to this BBC story on Slashdot about China's problem
> > dealing with old computers dumped there:
> >
> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1839000/1839997.stm
> As for the classic stuff they get, maybe we can set up a network to
> receive it and then notify the Chinese to re-route it to us. Yeah, right.
Or the US government could ratify the Basel Convention, and all these
systems would not be exported at all.
> I like this:
>
> "The report suggested that as much as 80% of the America's
> electronic waste collected to be recycled is shipped out of the
> country."
>
> I think I know where the other 20% goes, if by weight. Ahem, Sridhar?
> Sellam? :-)
I imagine some of that 20% are systems which are resold or are donated to
other groups. The remaining bits of that 20% are collected by people like
us, and stored in our warehouses, garages, basements, and or houses.
Kinda sad when you see just how much usable stuff is being junked...
-Toth
Received on Mon Feb 25 2002 - 23:40:58 GMT