5 easy steps to (not) recycle toxic e-waste

Who can I talk to at Greenpeace about establishing a solution to this? There is a middle ground between shredding working product and exporting toxic...

Who can I talk to at Greenpeace about establishing a solution to this? There is a middle ground between shredding working product and exporting toxics along for the ride. I'd like to invite someone from Greenpeace to visit some of the fair trade reuse and recycling programs we've established in other countries, creating solutions to the problem.

Hello Fairtrade recycling,

You can send me more information about your suggestion via our contact email: supporter.services.int@greenpeac...

Hello Fairtrade recycling,

You can send me more information about your suggestion via our contact email:

Kind regards,
Tom Dowdall

This is a good post. It is horrible what some electronics recycling companies will do to save a few dollars.

There are a few good ones o...

This is a good post. It is horrible what some electronics recycling companies will do to save a few dollars.

There are a few good ones out there though . . . you just need to ask the right questions and do some research.

That radio active materials on picture tubes of a Television is very hazardous to those children taking the set apart using crude tools! We must join ...

That radio active materials on picture tubes of a Television is very hazardous to those children taking the set apart using crude tools! We must join hands to stop this practice!!

The weird thing is that there is no real recycle normally possible. Since the lawmakers dont know shit about it all. They randomly spurt out laws some...

The weird thing is that there is no real recycle normally possible. Since the lawmakers dont know shit about it all. They randomly spurt out laws some other make profit from. I'm currently working in a company that recycles computer equipment. But not the African way, but thr re-use kind of way. And thats the only way someone can actually re-use office equipment, like for home use, instead of always buying new stuff.

As for me, i use stuff until it cant be fixed no more.

Some people still say its "not green". I hear it from alot people.

But I always shake my head when i see in TV what great stuff lands thrown away in africa.

And imagine it, the majority of all in the "western world", and i mean over 80% just throw away stuff just because they bought something new.

And its already proven that lawmakers and governments dont want to change that.

Excellent post, one of the few articles I’ve read today that said something unique! One new subscriber here :)

I am so pleased that I read this story, I didnt even know that this is what happens to our items when we think we have done good by recycling them!! i...

I am so pleased that I read this story, I didnt even know that this is what happens to our items when we think we have done good by recycling them!! it is so terrible to hear of children being made to work and also having their health put at risk in the process!!!! what can we do to stop this happening??? and what can we do with our old electronic items instead of taking them to the recycling centre????

This is sad news. The third world countries are suffering but soon enough this will reach the first world nations as well. I just hope that the recycl...

This is sad news. The third world countries are suffering but soon enough this will reach the first world nations as well. I just hope that the recycling site I sold my phone to last week, www.cash4phones.co.uk knows about this. Thanks for sharing.

i feel neglected by my authority's failure to curb this inhuman activities!!

I especially love and agree with Step 5 but that it needs to one day read "They get prosecuted, no matter in which country, for exporting hazardous electronic waste".
I have often followed Greenpeace activities from my armchair in South Africa, but believe we all have a mission to get on board and sort out our planet.