E-Waste-It's Our Problem

[Skyetchsolutions]

GOVERNMENTS should be the 1 who should start taking the 1st step to work out with all the manufacturers for solutions to have the waste properly recycled. No parties should just made MONEY and forget about the waste that they invented/created in the 1st place. Typical GOVERNMENTS always pushes all their waste to the poor at a very low cost, making them even poorer to do the jobs.

[marl229]

Everyone has to know the facts that it is the US that is dumping the E-waste into these developing countries. If we dont dump, we dont need greenpeace or watchdog go out taking videotapes showing people. Why dont we process everything inside the United States? And then we wont have these kinds of problems. Am I right?

[MrTabby5000]

what a good way to create a job.recycling ewaste

[airhornwaggon]

save the macs and dells!!!

[inthebluescrossroad]

anyone know the number of this place. tons of kids in Mexico could use come pcs.

[MrTabby5000]

we have tons to give you.

[defton24]

@inthebluescrossroad u can,t use it no more they are waste...

[Smegbrom]

Why the hell do schools need loads of new shiny computers when all they are used for is for typing word documents!

Ok if they need new ones for a high-end task - ok buy new, but otherwise buy secondhand, especially seeing as most data is not reliant on the internal HDD but is stored on a central server. Run a free OS which is not hard on resources such as edubuntu.

[johnknoefler]

Smegbron, you are exactly right. Most kids don't NEED all that powerful a computer to do classroom work. They don't need a dial up modem for sure. They may need ethernet to connect to the server. I took two old computers from a gamer club and turned them into great home computers. When one got a bad processor and my stepson took them apart for fun I was able to combine parts to make one good computer. But I had to get a Windows XP for OS. These computers were over ten years old.

[donleibold]

laptops are small computers there are standards, they are not that hard to fix

old computers are good for interfaces on desktop cnc machines, all working equipment has a use, we need to stop making more then we use, we need to use the technologies for important things OTHER then just ENTERTAINMENT

[atari26003]

Well to be honest i understand, I want to find an ewaste thing, i belive in reusing aswell as recycling, I want to find some of these old Mac pcs i need a few I will reuse them and such, :) i always take peoples old Pcs, and then put them in recycle places. I went to recycle place in town and found an atari! :D I collect old Pcs, and such I WILL REUSE OLD PCS :) AND LAPTOPS I ACCEPT ASWELL! BROKEN OR NOT! :D

[freespeachrulez]

Manufactures need to make better products that last longer and are more easily upgradable. This lie we are sold of that you need the newest, latest computer is the problem. I am typing on a old laptop..It works just fine. Sure I could buy a new one, but why? It works, and when it doesn't i'll try to fix it, only then will I give it to a recycling place.

[johnknoefler]

Freespeachrulez most of the problem is new applications. Such as gaming and media. To play a good online game you need the best motherboard you can get and the strongest graphics card. So there is where alot of the ewaste is generated. I know this because I am also guilty of that way of thinking. I have three nice computers and they are not fast enough any more.

[Lance1601]

it's hard to find an e waste place in hampton roads. i heard staples does it, but there isn't one within 20 miles.

[dattsrock]

if u now any e waste treatment facility semd me a website address

[nycslim111]

please return used products to country of origin. thank you.

[zootsuit7]

yep

[geoffreyphilip]

cant be more racist than this. congrats.

[nycslim111]

racist? i don't get it!

[geoffreyphilip]

most of the products are made in china. So you're saying return it back to them after using it.

If a person wants to use a thing, he should also know how to recycle or make it a waste in his own land. If they cant do it, why buy it? I think being selfish also fits into this.