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scrap and e-waste is as profitable as the GDP of a number of developing countries. The slums were this stuff is "recycled" in Ghana and Nigeria are a literal "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas"...the amazing suffering and pollution those counties put up with for our modern tech lifestyles.
— Mar 05, 2026 02:02PM
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So we who thought we were recycling in the 1990s were not. We were being lied to about how much and how effective that recycling actually was.
"The more the population thinks the recycling is working, the less they'll be concerned about the environment" was the strategy to halt strongly developing green sensibilities.
— Mar 03, 2026 11:18AM
"The more the population thinks the recycling is working, the less they'll be concerned about the environment" was the strategy to halt strongly developing green sensibilities.
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Mar 05, 2026 02:27PM
Not so sure Ghana, Nigeria, etc "put up" with the pollution, more than likely the pollution is forced upon them 😟.
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Valerie Book Valkyrie wrote: "Not so sure Ghana, Nigeria, etc "put up" with the pollution, more than likely the pollution is forced upon them 😟."Not according to this book. It says the governments/elites of many African countries made millions off of importing toxic western waste and burying it or burning it in their countries, often with no real facilities to do so...but who can turn down millions of dollars for their own private Swiss bank account?
The e-waste and things like shipbreaking are highly profitable industries that poor and developing countries -- while putting on a "green" face, like Turkey does -- rely on and actively seek out. The human and environmental toll is huge, but that doesn't seem to bother the govs nor the western companies at all. Too much money is involved.
It's a very interesting book.
Thanks for the update, B. I'm really looking forward to your review of this one 💛🧚♀️🙋🏼.
