China's gadget graveyard

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For those J1 classes whom we recently discussed consumerism's impact on the envmt, the point about the generation of waste crops up often. What many students are unable to do, is in explaining how the waste is actually harmful to Mother Nature.... So read the article to get some idea....

Note the interesting nugget of info that 70% of global e-waste ends up in China. Also, our attempt to recycle, ironically, ends up harming Mother Nature -- and ourselves!

One of the major drawbacks of consumerism is the waste it generates, but it is not just e-waste; it can be food waste as well.... recall an earlier post on the huge food wastage that people in first world nations are guilty of ...see HERE