Comments on: Trading Company Illegally Ships E-Waste Overseas

By: Scotty C

Scotty C — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:02:39 +0000

Oh and I forgot, that Greenpeace also recently published a report documenting containers of e-waste leaving the U.S. for China, India and now West Africa…
Here’s the link:
http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/news/poisoning-the-poor

By: Scotty C

Scotty C — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:53:44 +0000

There was a recent 20-20 investigation program that centered around this controversy, and how another e-waste recycling company (who touted their enviro-stance and the government regulations regarding illegally dumping it) had one of their containers full of TVs and other e-waste, tracked to a port in China only to also be refused.
And then when the owner was showed the video footage, he wouldn’t accept it as fact and pointed the finger at the media for taking advantage of “the little guys” or some crap like that!!

By: Rick Vaughn

Rick Vaughn — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:32:12 +0000

That sucks… it’s not right to dump this stuff on other countries. China is screwing up their own environment just fine without our help. This garbage should be traced back to the original owners, and they should be fined!

By: Amanda D

Amanda D — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:07:48 +0000

Glad to hear that the EPA is cracking down on dumping e-waste. It’s very important that companies recycle/dispose of this stuff properly, but it’s also important that individual consumers dispose of their own e-waste properly. Environmental hero Christopher Swain is calling others to action to organize electronics recycling events in their own towns. To learn how you can participate, check out http://tiny.cc/8SJTa