High-Tech Trash

I learned that we should not be wasteful of our old technology, because it might wind up as poison to another country.

Facts:
I found that “metals buyers won’t accept copper wire until plastic insulation is burned off”. During that time toxic fumes are breathed in from the local workers who need a job to support themselves.

“China forbids the import of electronic and computer scrap…”. Interesting seeing as Hong Kong has a huge black market and I think would welcome those imports to produce more “bootleg” products.

“Little infrastructure exists to dispose of the large percentage of used imports that cannot be salvaged for reuse.” Its unacceptable to be using a country as a waste refuge.

Proactive Steps:
organizations have been made just for this exact problem. Old electronics are always discarded as trash, end up at landfills, and poison countries like Ghana. The products we don’t use should be sent to these organizations like Earth911.