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Your ‘recycled’ laptop may end up in an illegal Asian scrapyard

Your ‘recycled’ laptop may end up in an illegal Asian scrapyard | Sustainability Science | Scoop.it
This is hardly what Americans envision when they drop off glitchy laptops or broken printers at their local recycling drop-off center. Yet, what fuels these Southeast Asian scrapyards is junk from afar — typically more affluent places such as Europe, Australia and the US.
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New documentary uncovers Singapore’s dirty little waste secrets

New documentary uncovers Singapore’s dirty little waste secrets | Sustainability Science | Scoop.it
Where do your coffee cups, clothes and household appliances go to die? New documentary Trash Trail traces the afterlife of consumer goods in Singapor
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I've not seen these videos in person yet, but the descriptions look great.  Another example of the "hidden" costs of our traditional economic/development pathways.
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