Do you know what heppens to your "Recycled" pc's ? - GoFuckYourself.com

JFK · 11-18-2007, 08:23 PM

just read this, wonder if it happens all over, or this is an isolated incident ?
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/TECH/11/....ap/index.html

xmas13 · 11-18-2007, 08:31 PM

They end up in China and India where small kids try to make a buck or two, intoxicating themselves and their land in the process.

JFK · 11-19-2007, 03:48 AM

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Originally Posted by xmas13

They end up in China and India where small kids try to make a buck or two, intoxicating themselves and their land in the process.

I guess you read the link?

papill0n · 11-19-2007, 03:50 AM

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While there are no precise figures, activists estimate that 50 to 80 percent of the 300,000 to 400,000 tons of electronics collected for recycling in the U.S. each year ends up overseas. Workers in countries such as China, India and Nigeria then use hammers, gas burners and their bare hands to extract metals, glass and other recyclables, exposing themselves and the environment to a cocktail of toxic chemicals.

Fuck I had no idea

JFK · 11-19-2007, 03:53 AM

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Originally Posted by RageCash-Ben

Fuck I had no idea

yeah, Really high tech

minusonebit · 11-19-2007, 03:55 AM

Either that or they get sold on eBay and if you didn't wipe the hard drive of the comp, someone will have all your data. Alot of technology "recyclers" simply resell shit that is given to them for free.

teg0 · 11-19-2007, 05:09 AM

why is CNN reporting old news?

Brad Mitchell · 11-19-2007, 05:55 AM

That was an informative read, never heard of that issue before..

Brad

riddler · 11-19-2007, 05:56 AM

lol, there are factories in the US that do all this automated..

those companies make millions a year just extracting metals from computer parts.

flowereater · 11-19-2007, 06:01 AM

so high tech

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minusonebit So Fucking Banned Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: [email protected] Posts: 7,391	Either that or they get sold on eBay and if you didn't wipe the hard drive of the comp, someone will have all your data. Alot of technology "recyclers" simply resell shit that is given to them for free.

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