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"E-waste still being exported, says watchdog"
"E-waste still being exported, says watchdog"
An Article by CBC News / Jan 05, 2010
1. Despite legislation and watchdogs, companies are still exporting their electronic waste to foreign countires by using private recyclers that don't really recycle.
2. Third World countries such as Ghana, and many other places like it suffer due to the immense amount of waste being exported to them, which is often toxic or otherwise hazardous.
3. Every province in Canada has, or is in the process of developing programs to ensure that electronic waste is disposed of in better ways.
BTT10 students will be affected by company policies to reduce e-waste. Students like us can have an impact on the future of the tech world, and solving the e-waste crisis will fall on our generation.
The article explains agencies dedicated to preventing e-waste from being exported, but we can go further. The internet is an amazing way to raise awareness of this problem. Not many people know or care about the way companies in this country are illegally exporting this waste despite our current legislation against it. Sometimes, these rules aren't enough. This is where our generation of Canadians can take a stand. Not only can we raise awareness through the internet, we can single out the offenders, and force their hand. Digital activism might not be enough, which is where the new laws being instated that the article mentions come in.
The lives of people are aruond the world are affected by this crisis. Mountains of waste are produced every year and dumped in foreign countries where workers scavenge for any valuable metals in the waste to make a living.
This article states why e-waste affects us and the world, and explains legal measures to solve it. I believe this is an important article, and I hope I did it justice.