eDump- a documentary
Transcript for “eDump” (A Documentary About Electronic Waste Dumping) by Michael Zhao
Americans scrap 400 million electronic products per year, and generated 2.6 million tons of e-waste in 2005.
[NARRATION] At this electronic-waste drop-off event, Alameda residents dumped 35 tons of computers, TVs, cell phones and a host of other appliances. These machines were then dismantled in Hayward, also in northern California.
But what happens next? The short answer: a majority are exported overseas. This collector, eRecycling of California, pledges not to export its e-waste. However there are many other companies that do, and they are making money by polluting the environment and harming public health in China, India, Nigeria and other developing countries.
watch eDump here:
http://michaelzhao.net/
the better news: more US companies that really recycle eWaste fully and do NOT eDump:
Intercon Solutions in Chicago
Supreme Computer & Electronic Recycling, Inc in New Jersey
Americans scrap 400 million electronic products per year, and generated 2.6 million tons of e-waste in 2005.
[NARRATION] At this electronic-waste drop-off event, Alameda residents dumped 35 tons of computers, TVs, cell phones and a host of other appliances. These machines were then dismantled in Hayward, also in northern California.
But what happens next? The short answer: a majority are exported overseas. This collector, eRecycling of California, pledges not to export its e-waste. However there are many other companies that do, and they are making money by polluting the environment and harming public health in China, India, Nigeria and other developing countries.
watch eDump here:
http://michaelzhao.net/
the better news: more US companies that really recycle eWaste fully and do NOT eDump:
Intercon Solutions in Chicago
Supreme Computer & Electronic Recycling, Inc in New Jersey