It's kind of ironic that I am taking an on line class and writing and English research paper on E-waste using my some day in the future electronic waste computer. BUT, I'm not a hypocrite! I have properly disposed of our out dated tv's and computers at Best Buy for a small fee, which now I read that they take old electronics for free. It was really interesting doing the research for electronic waste and scary at the same time. I found tons of pictures of people in developing countries sifting through electronics to melt down toxic metals that they can turn into money. It can be 10 times cheaper to send the old computers to China, India and nigeria than for countries like the US to take care of it themselves.
Why can't countries be more responsible and accountable for their own crap? When my garbage is full I don't go over to my neighbors and put it in theirs? Sounds just as rediculous, doesn't it?
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