Exported Waste Africa

Tom,

 

Thank you for sending me the article. These are some of the problems I was faced with on my last visit to Nigeria.  There is a place called Computer City in Lagos, Nigeria where all the recycle computer parts are store for resale. Not only is it causing big environmental issue it is also health problem. It is an issue that needs to be address now. It should be shipped to an industrialized developed country that will utilize the recycle part not Africa that is just developing. Global Warming is a Global Issue, No Nation should be left behind. Sending all these garbage to another country is not going to turn the Earth Green. What people need to understand is that we share the Oceans and the Earth. Our Globe is becoming smaller and smaller as people travel all over the world. If any disease breaks out we are doom to be affected. Going Green should be a Global compaign. This issue require a big attention before it gets out of control.

 

This is one of my concern regarding United Nation(UN) why are all these leaders gathering together and deciding on issues relating to Green and implementing the opposite. I think, we need conformity uniform global rules and regulation on Corporation setting new manufacturing plants including imports & exports of raw material and recycle material, carrying a penalty for any country that violate the law. 

 

Emission Control:

Update, do you know that all those cluster cars were shipped to Africa and other developing countries. Is this the perfect way of going GREEN or just a slogan of

"Not in my backyard" can the world leaders explain what they meant by cutting emission of CO2. for developed countries only. I do not think this is a perfect way of solving this Global Warming Issue at all. Moving a problem from one side to another side does not solve the problem instead it is going to build up and explode to a bigger problem that will be too late to handle.

Let me use Solar training term -laugh. it is just like connecting black (hot) & white (neutral)cable together (Explosion) This is a problem that does not required a rocket scientist to solve at all. We all need to make this place a better place for us to live. Since we begin the Green campaign it has increase the quality of life of some people and longetivy. Yes we can live to be 120 years. It happened in our forefather days as written in the bible. Women were even having children at 70yrs old. Let us allow nature to take it course.

 

Again, thanks for sending me the article. It did lifted my spirit and passion for the environment as usual.

 

Judith

 

On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 6:21 PM, Tom Huggett <thuggett@sol-training.com> wrote:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/27/science/earth/27waste.html?_r=1

Judith;
This article from the New York Times addresses some issues that you are passionate and made me think of you.  It mentions Nigeria at the very end.  I was hoping you would write an article for our solar  blog.
~Tom

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