TLUG and government grants

[William Park]

On Sat, Dec 03, 2005 at 11:00:06PM -0500, CLIFFORD ILKAY wrote:
> 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.

There must be something else.  I don't understand why China has to
import any OLD electronics, when they make all the NEW hardwares.
Unless there is some reciprocal treaty, ie. they get access to our
market, in return, they have to take some of our old junks.

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