Smashing Capitalism: Deluge of electronic waste turning Thailand into 'world's rubbish dump'

Friday, June 29, 2018

Deluge of electronic waste turning Thailand into 'world's rubbish dump'

So they sold it. They bought it. And this is what's left. This is a solution? It feels so good that we talk zero waste here in the west but where is the global audit of what really is happening?
E-waste is piled high at a dump site in Samut Prakan province, south of Bangkok.

E-waste is piled high at a dump site in Samut Prakan province, south of Bangkok.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/28/deluge-of-electronic-waste-turning-thailand-into-worlds-rubbish-dump

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This blog does not pretend to be even handed. It has an often dark and depressing theme -- Capitalism run amok is at the root of most of the world's seemingly intractable problems. I recognize human behavior and our capacity to do bad things as individuals. I am not an apologist or a bleeding heart but rather postulate that history is driven by the powerful. Prejudices are manipulated, flames of hatred fanned and the masses enlisted in the service of the capitalist lords and masters. Our history is that of conquest, control and consolidation of wealth at any cost, including the entire planet.

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