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Tue Dec-28-10 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
| 6. And now, they will be sent to India and Bangladesh and will poison people when they chop them up... |
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Edited on Tue Dec-28-10 01:35 PM by JCMach1
 According to EPA in 2007 only about 16% of electronics were recycled in the US. Of these 16 %, 50 to 80% are exported to poorer countries for recycling. In most of these countries the technology to recycle electronic equipment properly simply is not there. Recycling is done in the most primitive manner without any consideration for the safety of the worker and the environment... http://hubpages.com/hub/Computer-Recycling-in-Poor-Counties |
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