GOOD Magazine: E-Waste

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GOOD Magazine: E-Waste

Animation by Ian Lynam
Music by E*Rock
Needing to chuck your old electronics? The Basel Action Network, who contributed documentary footage to this video, compiled a list of Responsible Recyclers that will not export your old computer. Check out their list here: www.ban.org/pledge1.html

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[deeher10]

how about we pay people to get a good education in fixing computers instead of building new ones? maybe it'll work. even if we have to recycle certain pieces of the computer, we would be throwing away alot less than the whole thing altogether. we don't always have to have high tech stuff. at least the things we have now still works. i think americans need to learn how to conserve equipment and materials instead of throwing away everything. also, these goodmagazine videos make me depressed.

[pipomenas]

Planned obsolescence is one of the main problems. Companies like apple design Ipods to last certain amount of time, specially batteries so that you have no choice to buy a new one and dispose the old one

[xXPetaByteXx]

i love you ... you saved my life for the itgs project

[volubleasteroid]

@CryptWarrior69 true that who cares about pollution world will end within 10 year anyways

[CryptWarrior69]

just dump it in the ocean, its cheaper

[ale03000]

So is E-waste becoming a more serious problem compared to household/food waste now (which is already a big problem)???

[ale03000]

So is E-waste becoming a more serious problem compared to household/food waste now (which is already a big problem)???

[ale03000]

So why don't people use the electronic products they bought with their hard earned money as long as possible? More money could be saved for more important things such as food, houses, cars or even renewable energy investment. More 'educated' people need to learn the true meaning of 3 Rs most importantly RECYCLE instead of throwing everything to landfills...... Learn to be responsible to our own kind (humans), apart from the environment...........

[dogfight156]

things you can do: slow down! i know it's tough to STOP buying smart phones and laptops but anyone can put it off for another 6 months. the computer i'm writing this on was bought during the dubya years. the one i had before that was bought in the bubba years. yeah, i'm ghetto but i'm saving money. i'd rather have it in an index fund rather than some 3rd world dumpster killing children.

[NZ1stHyphy]

whats the song called ?

[SpaceTime4D]

1:10 Natural cobalt isn't radioactive. 

[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.