Revealed: the toxic trail of e-waste that leads from the US to Hong Kong

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6. I mentioned this is another thread yesterday

This is epidemic in proportion and it is disgusting that our society is involved in this 'designed for obsolescence product market', mostly funded with credit, and a consumer ethic that has taught us to buy buy buy...always upgrade to the latest fanciest gadget...throw away the old stuff, so it can be shipped overseas to poison other countries.

The US is the world’s largest producer of electronic waste – thought to generate 3.14 million tonnes of e-waste each year, according to the country’s ­Environmental Protection ­Agency.

I heard recently that Apple used to have a policy to recycle it's products...giving credit to upgrade to the next product. What did they do with their e-waste?

Maybe our designers need to start incorporating ways to use recylable materials in new designs that are easy to dismantle and process into new products. But that might mean not as much profit.