I don't usually do this, but...
Quite a lot of you probably don't read the B3ta newsletter. Your loss ;-)
However, today they link to a pictorial of chinese workers recycling modern electronic consumer goodsIt's not like it's news that cool electronic stuff has rare valuable components, it's just a little bit unnerving to see it extracted ( Read more... )
However, today they link to a pictorial of chinese workers recycling modern electronic consumer goodsIt's not like it's news that cool electronic stuff has rare valuable components, it's just a little bit unnerving to see it extracted ( Read more... )
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Ghana : http://www.greenpeace.org/international/photosvideos/photo-stories/e-waste-in-ghana-kim-schoppi
Pakistan : http://www.greenpeace.org/international/photosvideos/greenpeace-photo-essays/scrap-life-pakistan-with-rob
The good news is that we've now extracted pledges from companies representing the majority of the IT industry to take the most dangerous chemicals out of their products. Which means that hopefully the folk burning cables to extract the copper won't be poisoning their children at the same time for too much longer...
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