Comments on: BBC Uncovers E-Waste Laws ‘Turned Toxic’

By: Robin Ingenthron

Robin Ingenthron — Tue, 11 May 2010 12:55:40 +0000

Katherine, you are a talented writer. But you are re-writing BAN.org press releases without actually studying the used equipment trade. I would like to invite you to find a source for BAN’s oft-repeated statistic that 80% of developed world “e-waste” is exported and that 75% of what is exported is waste. I have been in the field as a regulator, non-profit activist, and electronics recycling business, and I do get angry when recyclers lowball our prices by shipping junk as “toxics along for the ride”. But as a former Peace Corps volunteer, I maintain that the solution cannot be to leave Africa disconnected from the web, and will not be new computers for Africans. What if – what if – what if most of the exports to Africa actually are being reused? Search WR3A in youtube for actual film of actual operations in Africa. Are you really sure that people are paying $5000 sea shipping for 75% junk? Look at Greenpeace’s own video on youtube of “ewaste” in Ghana. I see nice looking TVs coming out of the sea container. Try to cover both sides of the story in you blogs ahead, and we may get closer to the truth.

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By: Ronald Kobler

Ronald Kobler — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:44:54 +0000

Dear All – Nicely written article with no fluff or inaccuracies. We are the sole domestic recycler of these plastic in the US. We convert these plastics from TVs, monitors, computers, printers, and copiers into plastics molding compound from which just about anything plastic can be made. If anyone needs details on how this happens, where plastics go, and the e-waste market, we would be happy to discuss this at anytime. We are not a consultant, just happy to share information.

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