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The Scary Practice of Computer Recycling in China
from:When most people think about recycling the last thing they stop to consider is dishonest practices and harmful results. In most people’s minds, recycling is about as safe, wholesome, and beneficial as it gets. We don’t think of criminals and disastrous practices. There is no need to panic, recycling is still good, but for those people who recycle their computers and other electronic goods, it’s important to be educated. It’s not unusual to send your stuff to the recycling center and assume that everything is taken care of safely and effectively. However, despite the 2000 recycling laws that make it illegal, computer recycling in China is still going on. If you are unaware of the dangers and situation about the harmful computer recycling in China, it’s time to educate yourself for the protection of the recycling ideal and the goals for the environment you are trying to accomplish.
Let’s try to start at the beginning with the disrespectful computer recycling in China. Computers and other electronic items have been making their way to China for years now. Recycling computers isn’t the most cost effective practice ever and many people looking to make a quick buck ship the materials to China for recycling in hazardous conditions by untrained, inexpensive labor. It’s not uncommon to find people with their children nearby, breaking apart computer monitors and tossing the components into brick furnace devices. The problem with this practice is that the toxic chemicals released by the components once heated are in the air. With computer recycling in China, workers aren’t given protective gear or even the training to break down these dangerous components safely. Forget about proper facilities as well. Their open air brick furnaces are about all they get.
You don’t have to be a M.D. to figure out that all of those toxins released in the air are a serious health hazard. These chemicals have been known to disrupt the body’s natural hormonal balances and unprotected exposure to the chemicals found in the plastics from computer components is known cancer causing agents. Making things even worse, the average worker in computer recycling in China can expect to make about $2 to $4 dollars a day for their illegal and dangerous work.
There is no doubt that it is crucially important to recycle old computers and electronic equipment. However, it has to be done in the right way. Before you trust your old stuff to anyone, make sure they are in accordance with the federal laws in place to eliminate illegal computer recycling in China.
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