Week 13
The Price of Recycling Old Laptops: Toxic Fumes in Thailand’s Lungs
The e-waste industry is booming in Southeast Asia, frightening residents worried for their health. Despite a ban on imports, Thailand is a center of the business.
By Hannah Beech and
Heavy metal pollution is one of the serious sources of environmental pollution. Developed countries give these abandoned computers to small cities and let them solve these problems. Just now, China banned the United States from shipping non-decomposable garbage to China by reason. Why should we accept these rubbish? The rubbish left by our country should be resolved by ourselves.
