popularmechanics.com — It's clear that not enough Americans are recycling their televisions. What's not so clear is how "green" the recycling process has become—unless it gets a new life in another country. In his biweekly trends column, PM's senior tech editor crunches the numbers on the real death of the boob tube.
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Closed AccountAug 14, 2008
At one of the apartment complexes where I used to live, putting a piece of furniture next to the dumpster was one's way of giving their stuff away to other residents.You put a couch, a TV, a monitor, etc. there, and another resident will own it by the end of the day.
takamiyaAug 14, 2008
Also here is a trailer of a good documentary film about what happens when developed countries send old computers to developing countries under the name of "Bridging the Digital Divide" or "Reuse". <a class="user" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0xpRk7MYNg">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0xpRk7MYNg</a>
cadmiumpaintAug 14, 2008
what a fashionable lemming you are.
takamiyaAug 14, 2008
But we might be drinking water contaminated by heavy metals leached out from landfills and eating vegetables and animals contaminated by toxins leached out from landfills....
Closed AccountAug 14, 2008
They'll just think it's a newer model - the L300.
talengtpAug 15, 2008
Holy crap, I didn't realize only Americans had tvs...WTF is the rest of the world watching?