Though Chinese labor law prohibits the employment of children under the age of 16, child labor is a standard practice at Yonghong Electronics. SACOM interviewed 25 workers from Yonghong, including 7 underage workers. All the…
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Through a jugglery of words in the draft legislation on waste, the Indian Government may pave the way for officially opening floodgates for the dumping of world’s hazardous waste in the name of recycling and…
President Bush vetoed a spending bill this week that would have funded a $3.2 million cancer- rate study of IBM workers in Endicott. Read more…
While there are no precise figures, activists estimate that 50 to 80 percent of the 300,000 to 400,000 tons of electronics collected for recycling in the U.S. each year ends up overseas. Workers in countries…
For five years, environmentalists and the news media have publicized the danger to Chinese workers who dismantle much of the world’s junked electronics. Yet a visit to this south-eastern Chinese town regarded as the heartland…
Rising pressure from NGO’s and growing customer unrest could seriously harm Apple’s brand. Yet the company is doing little to improve relations with these groups.
Computer company Hewlett-Packard (HP) has launched a project to help local African enterprises perform safer and more effective electronic waste recycling. The project, in association with the Global Digital Solidarity Fund (DSF) and the Swiss…
The Nairobi slum where 12-year-old Priscilla grew up abuts one of Africa’s largest dumpsites. Now her blood is charged with lead, as electronic waste from the world over piles up unchecked. “Every time the dump…