TLUG and government grants

CLIFFORD ILKAY clifford_ilkay-biY6FKoJMRdBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org
Sun Dec 4 04:00:06 UTC 2005


On December 3, 2005 21:14, William Park wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 03, 2005 at 07:55:31PM -0500, Meng Cheah wrote:
> > Does Toronto dispose of the computers in landfills, here or
> > south? Or ship them to China for recycling?
>
> Now, that's racist statement, Meng.  Why on earth do they don't
> with our old junk, when all the new hardwares are now made in
> China?

It's not a racist statement at all. It's the reality. I recall reading 
an article a few years ago about what happens to the electronics 
equipment that we dispose of. It gets shipped to China for recylcing 
for three reasons:

1. cheap labour to dismantle the equipment,

2. no labour standards to be speak of so companies are free to exploit 
people in many ways, e.g. paying them a pittance for working long 
hours six to seven days a week, not providing any sort of safety 
equipment, and of course, not telling them what sorts of toxins they 
were being exposed to,

3. no environment protection laws to speak of.
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Regards,

Clifford Ilkay
Dinamis Corporation
3266 Yonge Street, Suite 1419
Toronto, ON
Canada  M4N 3P6

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