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
Duration : 0:1:46
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…or you can save …
…or you can save money and ghetto rig yerr when it breaks
This is well …
This is well meaning, but sorry, it is crap. The problem is that 3B3K (3 billion people earning approximately $3k per year) are getting onto the internet at a pace 10 times faster than growth in the developed world. Newsflash, they are not buying new computers. Like the penetration of auto use in the USA, when farmers bought two broken cars (one a parts car), and the secondary market grew to 7 times the money of the new car market, the same dynamic is occurring overseas.
Planned …
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
When I build a new …
When I build a new PC I take the old parts with me to to store so they can send them back to the manufactor
It’s insane that we …
It’s insane that we are still facing a problem like this.
brilliant little …
brilliant little animation
that IS what they …
that IS what they do sometimes in REAL recycling (at least takin’ out the parts that work!)
One new computer …
One new computer per decade is actually enough.
That’s true, Vista …
That’s true, Vista was a living nightmare for the enviroment!
I advise also to …
I advise also to use Linux
how about we pay …
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.
Does anyone know …
Does anyone know where i can get the song from the video???
because they have …
because they have no electricity
theres a couple …
theres a couple things wrong with just giving them to poor countries.
first, the reason most of them are being thrown away in the first place is because they’re broken.
second, what happens when the poor countries want to dispose of the old electronics? they’re either going to sit in a landfill for a near-eternity, or they’ll be shipped to china to be “recycled”, exactly like this video shows.
no power.
no power.
why don t they just …
why don t they just give old electronics to poor people in poor countries???? way better than destroyng them
This is a great …
This is a great video. All Green Electronics Recycling offers e-waste recycling nationwide and we do not export. This is an issue that should concern everyone. Thank you for posting this.
Mercury .. isn’t …
Mercury .. isn’t bad.. it’s the stuff in almost ALL vaccinations for disease
barium
Chromium
Beryllium
can’t be to bad either.. it’s the stuff in the Airplane contrails that don’t dissipate
aka. Chem Trails
and since the government controls both of the above areas, then these things CAN’T be bad for us, or the environment….
for anyone about to flame me.. all of the above was sarcasm
this was another great piece done by GOOD
:)
valid, relevant, and important stuff to think about
Peace
very informative …
very informative video also nice design if anyone needs information about recycling e waste you can visit my youtube page for my company offers recycling service
i have a 13 year …
i have a 13 year old used compaq deskpro en series desktop with a used 17″ CRT monitor. Probably, one of YOU trashed it and it came to pakistan and its price is about 19$
Then I change …
Then I change societies: I don’t have to be here. I know enough languages to get around just about anywhere.
Also, after I did my valve stem seals and changed to a more efficient head, I checked the piston clearance while I was at it: Compression on a dated 4G63 was about 150 across. Cost to me was $8 for the stem seals: The head was given to me by someone doing a DOHC conversion.
I was curious to see how it ran, so I e-tested it: HC and CO were on the lower range of the limits…
Your 23 year old …
Your 23 year old car IS showing wear between the cylinder walls and the piston rings, so less compression and incomplete burning. Your car burns more oil, and releases more unburned fuel into the air.
I got bad news for you: it doesn’t matter how much stuff you DON’T BUY. The population will continue to grow until everything falls apart.
Do you plan to go back to an agrarian lifestyle when everyone stops buying to use old? More bad news: your liberal ideals won’t fly in an agrarian society.
OK so let’s just …
OK so let’s just trash this planet then, for a quick buck.
LESS BUYING OF USELESS SHIT,MORE USE OF OLD! The only reason we buy is because we’re idiotic consumers.
Also, if you’re getting 50 MPG, likely it’s a hybrid. Do a little research on how the battery pack is created, from scratch. You’ll discover that the 50 MPG is a very selfish endeavour, one that overlooks the grander scheme of things. I get 25 MPG but my car is 23 years old. Do you know how much energy is required to “recycle” a car?
because it’s our …
because it’s our environmental and labor protections that are putting us economically behind China and India. to make that work, you have to make even MORE laws (protectionism). Then one day, you wonder how your “progressive” ideals lead you to be a poor communist….i’m sure you Euros will just blame Bush for it. The capitalist free market is THE system of free peoples…everything else is a slippery slope to subjugation. Oh…and my car gets over 50MPG, but thanks for generalizing.
not unless theyll …
not unless theyll make sexy fembots