I started reporting on the Chinese scrap industry six years ago, and I think that I wrote my first story claiming that China’s long-awaited laws on the recycling of e-scrap (computers, monitors, etc) were imminent, shortly after SARS, in July 2003.... ...full story at Shanghai Scrap
from Shanghai Scrap on Wed, Sep 10 2008
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China Needs Our Scrap... Linin' Up... »
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| 09 Nov 08 |
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Two Faces of China Scrap » Shanghai Scrap In the six years that I’ve been visiting Chinese scrap yards, I’ve done my best to focus on the lives of the millions of laborers who work in them. It’s not just a matter of sentimentality, either: so much of the writing and reporting on... |
| 04 Aug 08 |
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The Olympic Scrap (Peddler) Crackdown » Shanghai Scrap Over the last week I’ve received at least one email or phone call per day in regard to the crackdown/ban on Beijing’s scrap peddlers during the Olympics period. As I’ve said to those who ask, I’ll say to those who read: I... |
| 25 Oct 08 |
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Scrap Trader Kidnapped, Held for Ransom in Ningbo. » Shanghai Scrap Shanghai Scrap is on book leave until November 1. And after I complete this post, I’m going to hold to that promise. First, a brief backgrounder and then I’ll get right to the source material. For a decade, the top US and European export to... |
| 12 Jul 07 |
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E-waste Recycling is Serious Health Threat in China » TreeHugger When used computers, televisions and other electronic products are ready to go up to that big scrap heap in the sky, they often end their journeys lying in some large landfill in China. Indeed, over the last decade, China has quickly become the de facto... |
| 10 Jul 08 |
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Scrap on the road … » Shanghai Scrap I’m traveling through the weekend, so there’s almost no chance that I’ll post before Monday. But fear not: there’s plenty of China blogging and news to be found elsewhere. Perhaps consider visiting Granite Studio’s Asian... |
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