Coming soon, but not really soon enough: A certification to weed out shady electronics recyclers
Just carved out a half-hour to sit on the teleconference for the Basel Action Network (BAN), which is a watchdog on the problem of toxic waste around the globe. The issue about which BAN is truly up in arms this week relates to the export of containers full of computers, monitors, televisions and other gadgets to developing nations where they are handled in ways that are dangerous not only to the environment but to the people who are hired to handle their disposal.