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Originally Posted by gutted
i dont see the problem.
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Let me show you the problem:
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Originally Posted by gutted
i dont see the problem.
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Originally Posted by CaptainHaplo
Funny how the US is catching alot of blame here - but we have put forth alot of effort to insure that such things are dealt with appropriately.
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So gee, its not always a question of dumping. Its often people who CHOOSE to expose themselves to the hazardous materials simply to enrich themselves in the short term. This often also occurs - as in the case I know of - where they do so at the cost of their society.
Not meaning to sound harsh - but they choose that - and somehow its the evil US corporation that caused it - when all we were doing was trying to help the local people have a more modern level of health care.
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It's not only about US companies, but it applies generally to any affluent country. I don't doubt that US laws (or any other Western laws) are very strict when it comes to that questionable sort of recycling, and for the most part they work well. Though US didn't join that agreement, but of course they have laws of their own.
Nonetheless, there's plenty of instances where shady companies manage to ship old computers to Africa to do just that sort of thing. It's targetted at them, not at specific countries in general.
And I doubt whether it's really a choice, considering the alternatives.
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Originally Posted by gutted
no sympathy from me.
maybe if they quit fighting each other, and move into the 21st century and manufacture something the world wants... they wouldn't be our dumpsters.
same goes for every other backwards country.
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Yeah ... I guess they're just too stupid to figure that out. Natural selection at its finest.