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$60 Billion Potential Hiding in Your Discarded Gadgets (www.motherjones.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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"Anwar’s job, scrounging for discarded electronics in [Nigerian] Ikeja Computer Village, one of the world’s biggest and most hectic marketplaces for used, repaired, and refurbished electronic products.... "

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah, it's super attractive until you realize the current conditions we can technologically handle that. It's dangerous slave labor.

Good luck selling that to the era of kids working a MacDonald's.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Haven't had a chance to read the article, but my take from the summary is that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

In other words, proper e-waste management, and more of it. A lot just gets tossed in landfills or sent to third world countries (to get tossed in their landfills).

Really the onus of this should be on the manufacturer. I don't think any product should be brought to market without knowing cradle-to-grave where it came from and where it will go (and paying for proper disposal, as well).