Academic-blogger Bill Chameides at The Huffington Post looks at the issue of e-waste in China, noting that 70% of it worldwide ends up there: “Even though the Chinese government has banned the importation of e-waste, the stuff continues to find its... ...full story at Global Voices
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E-Waste: Dumping on the Poor »
YouTube video A multimedia look at electronic waste shipped overseas and the toxic effects it has on people in Guiyu, China--known as "trash town"...with an interview with producer Michael Zhao of the Center on US-China Relations at the Asia Society. |
| 11 Jun 07 |
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Government waste the top concern in poll » Shanghai Daily MANY people in China now agree that waste is one of the country's worst social problems, and that waste by government departments is the most serious, the Beijing Youth Daily said today. |
| 02 May 08 |
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Human waste mars world's highest peak » Shanghai Daily AN increasing number of mountaineering expeditions is good news for the tourism industry. However, due to inefficient human waste management, such expeditions invariably end up contributing to a "waste dumping yard"... |
| 24 Nov 07 |
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E-Waste Is China Bound And That Is Not An Entirely Good Thing » China Law Blog Not sure why this is making the news all of a sudden, but two stories just out on how America's technology waste adds to China's pollution problem. First is an Associated Press story by Terence Chea, entitled, "America Ships Electronic Waste Overseas."... |
| 05 Mar 07 |
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HK intercepts 131 tons of e-waste from Japan » Xinhua Hong Kong customs intercepted 131 tones of electronic waste (e-waste) and returned them to Japan last Saturday, said the local authority on Monday. |
| 07 Aug 08 |
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European 'E-waste' Labeled Reused Is Unloaded in Ghana » TreeHugger Photo credit: Greenpeace/Kate Davison We've covered the extensive electronic waste, or e-waste, problems in China, India and Mexico in the past. Now Africa is emerging as a new favorite dumping ground for our aged electronic products, and the... |
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