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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2009 12:05:09 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 30, 2009 15:53:12 GMT
I feel stupid saying this, but ..... I had no idea. Of course we're told about this kind of waste and contamination, but to see the sheer scale of it just boggles the mind. And what is so infuriating is that much of it could have been repaired and re-used for far less than the cost of clean-up would be.
"Outdated" is frequently in the mind of the beholder. I have a rather wealthy friend who is using some monitors that are at least fifteen years old. He was one of the original movers & doers of the internet in Europe and does his own computer repairs, but even his "new" computer is a good five years old. Contrast this with my stepfather whose son-in-law takes care of his computer for him, and who is told every two or three years that he "needs" a new one. So many of those electronics could have been placed in rural schools with tiny budgets, rather than hauled off to the landfill.
I think what really slays me are the bicycles -- something that could be so immediately useful to poor people around the globe. All of those bikes in Alberquerque -- how hard would it be find a charitable organization(s) to truck them across the border and distribute them in Mexico?
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