Citizens at Risk - a Film by Chintan, SVTC, IMAK/Arjun Bhagat

Citizens at Risk - a film by Chintan Environmental Research and Action Group, Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition(SVTC), IMAK/Arjun Bhagat. This is a YOU -TUBE VERSION OF A 13 minute FILM. The film takes the viewer to relatively unknown and forgotten areas in and around Delhi, and shows how the poor, both children and adults are forced to recycle highly toxic waste materials under perilous conditions. IT POINTS OUT THE NEED FOR MANUFACTURERS TO DEMONSTRATE RESPONSIBILITY AND HELP ADULTS TO UPGRADE INTO VIABLE BUSINESSES. imakindia@gmail.com / arjun.bhagat@gmail.com / imaktv@gmail.com

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• e-waste Delhi
• e-waste India
• children and e-waste
• computer e-waste

[qweqqweqbt]

well, i guess it's good that you're finding the good in the bad. the silver lining in the dark clouds so to speak.

i just feel like all this technology and globalization is leading to more and more exploitation of people. seems like those people would be better off if they were just farmers. i'm not an expert though. just seems a little fucked up is all.

[retroworks1]

That the PCs they import are better than the ones they recycle from their home country. The motherboard recycling is awful. But these are smart people who also fix up computers. That's how Korea became OECD.

[qweqqweqbt]

huh?

lol. what the hell are you saying?

[retroworks1]

This is a good counterpoint. But these people make most of their money from the NICER PCs that tend to be from RICHER countries. Wouldn't the place look nicer if all Pentium 3 and nicer stuff was sent there?