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Article #927Re: Oregon's New Bottle & E Waste Laws
From: Paul Mitchum
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2007 20:49
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2007 20:49
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gatt <LiveFromTheClocktower@gfy.com> wrote: > "Paul Mitchum" <usenet@mile23.c0m> wrote in message > news:1hze1mp.14w4pkofme7ybN%usenet@mile23.c0m... > > >> Oregon currently recycles about 15 to 20 percent of the electronic > >> products --or so-called "e-waste." > > > > ...and the remaining 80-85% goes to.... > > > > ...China, probably. > > Oh, man! That's a great idea! We should send our trash to China. They can > recycle it, bury it, whatever. We'll trade trash disposal services for a > couple of F-117s or something. Or we could have an arrangement; they take > our trash to bury in China and we'll take their toxic waste to bury in > Afghanistan. It's perfect. > > That way, fifty thousand years from now when the archeologists dig us up, > they'll go "Goddamn! Those Chinese were SLOBS." Actually, what happens in China and in India where these things end up, is that workers go through it and pick off whatever they can. Imagine children walking through lead-impregnated glass from CRTs, in order to get a few pennies-worth of copper wiring, and you get the picture. That 15-20% will stay in Portland is a small miracle, actually. And it's good that Portland is providing this service free, because the barrier to proper recycling means people would just throw their toxic waste in the trash, and end up in the watershed. It's a big problem, and no city can solve it. We design products to be toxic, and then promptly forget about it. -- http://www.xoverboard.com/cartoons/2007/070416_argument.html
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