25 Feb
2002
25 Feb
'02
3:40 p.m.
On Mon, 25 Feb 2002, Jeffrey S. Sharp wrote:
On Mon, 25 Feb 2002, Passer, Michael W. wrote:
> Saw a referemce to this BBC story on Slashdot about China's problem
> dealing with old computers dumped there:
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1839000/1839997.stm
As for the classic stuff they get, maybe we can set up
a network to
receive it and then notify the Chinese to re-route it to us. Yeah, right.
Or the US government could ratify the Basel Convention, and all these
systems would not be exported at all.
I like this:
"The report suggested that as much as 80% of the America's
electronic waste collected to be recycled is shipped out of the
country."
I think I know where the other 20% goes, if by weight. Ahem, Sridhar?
Sellam? :-)
I imagine some of that 20% are systems which are resold or are donated to
other groups. The remaining bits of that 20% are collected by people like
us, and stored in our warehouses, garages, basements, and or houses.
Kinda sad when you see just how much usable stuff is being junked...
-Toth