20 October 2005

India's PC Recycling Centers

Being the IT hub that it is, India now has recycling centers for used computers. "E-wastes", as they are called, could be hazardous to health when certain parts of a computer are taken out through unsafe means like burning or boiling.

Though the Philippines is not as nearly e-polluted as India, I hope we too could adapt something like this.

Full story at the BBC Technology section: "India's poor tackle toxic e-waste"

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