E-waste broker caught making illegal exports of CRTs to Hong Kong and China
March 19th, 2015
March 19, 2015. This is the reason why research on e-waste exports that is based on official export records is very unreliable, and grossly understates the amount of e-waste being exported. Smugglers are not going to say they are exporting CRTs. …they lie about the contents, and say it’s plastic or scrap metal.
NGOs from around the globe deliver “Challenge” to electronics industry on toxic chemicals
March 16th, 2015
March 16, 2015: NGO’s today delivered a formal challenge to the electronics industry to take action to stop the harm to workers and communities caused by hazardous chemicals used to manufacture electronic products.