http://inhabitat.com/discarded-electronics-are-poisoning-african-children/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Sat, 25 May 2013 19:09:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://inhabitat.com/discarded-electronics-are-poisoning-african-children/comment-page-1/#comment-272588 Annie Leonard's Story of Electronics is an E-Waste Eye-Opener | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World Wed, 10 Nov 2010 17:36:35 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/?p=75308#comment-272588 [...] not by any means the solution to the problem. As we’ve written before, those electronics get sent to developing countries where they poison the communities and people that work on and near [...] [...] not by any means the solution to the problem. As we’ve written before, those electronics get sent to developing countries where they poison the communities and people that work on and near [...]

]]> http://inhabitat.com/discarded-electronics-are-poisoning-african-children/comment-page-1/#comment-244817 Oil Trader Trafigura Fined for Illegal Export of Hazardous Waste | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:33:14 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/?p=75308#comment-244817 [...] dispose of it. Rather than having it properly treated, the ship decided to cut costs and dumped the hazardous waste near the Ivory Coast. As it stands officially, 15 people were killed as a result and thousands were [...] [...] dispose of it. Rather than having it properly treated, the ship decided to cut costs and dumped the hazardous waste near the Ivory Coast. As it stands officially, 15 people were killed as a result and thousands were [...]

]]> http://inhabitat.com/discarded-electronics-are-poisoning-african-children/comment-page-1/#comment-244816 Oil Trader Trafigura Fined for Illegal Export of Hazardous Waste | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:33:14 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/?p=75308#comment-244816 [...] dispose of it. Rather than having it properly treated, the ship decided to cut costs and dumped the hazardous waste near the Ivory Coast. As it stands officially, 15 people were killed as a result and thousands were [...] [...] dispose of it. Rather than having it properly treated, the ship decided to cut costs and dumped the hazardous waste near the Ivory Coast. As it stands officially, 15 people were killed as a result and thousands were [...]

]]> http://inhabitat.com/discarded-electronics-are-poisoning-african-children/comment-page-1/#comment-202086 jeanX Sun, 13 Dec 2009 02:57:55 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/?p=75308#comment-202086 All of US waste goes to landfills or Africa, where it poisons little kids. That's why I have kept all the electronics I have ever owned, in my house. All of US waste goes to landfills or Africa, where it poisons little kids.
That’s why I have kept all the electronics I have ever owned,
in my house.

]]> http://inhabitat.com/discarded-electronics-are-poisoning-african-children/comment-page-1/#comment-202040 norder Sat, 12 Dec 2009 03:42:20 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/?p=75308#comment-202040 since the shipping has been paid and there is an inexpensive labor force, where are the recycle companies for plastic/bioplastic, mercury, etc... ? since the shipping has been paid and there is an inexpensive labor force, where are the recycle companies for plastic/bioplastic, mercury, etc… ?

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