Re: Globalisation, electronics waste disposal and the electronics servicing industry.

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From: Amy Dorrit
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 11:27

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"Alan Liefting" <aliefting@ihug.co.nz> wrote in message
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> Copied to these newsgroups for comment.


> Electrical, electronic and computer equipment contains all manner of
> difficult to recycle substances.  Some of the materials are hazardous.
> Discarded equipment should be treated as hazardous goods.  It is high
> time to control this increasingly significant portion of the waste
> stream.

Not cost effective. Waste of time Essentially a political statement. Stick
in sanitary landfill -- safe, effective, cheap. Electronic/electrical gear
has been buried or burned for a century  -- where is it causing a problem?
Rotarua causes more air pollution than disposing of electronic waste but, of
course, that's natural, so we won't close it down.  All that nasty SO2! Acid
rain!

Now watch all the greenies and tree-huggers go into bat.

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From: "Amy Dorrit" <littledorrit@optushome.com.au>
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