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California’s E-Waste Ending Up in Toxic Mountain of Junk In Arizona
Source: Basel Action Network, Date: , 2014
California has the strictest e-waste laws in the nation, but a KPIX5
investigation discovered the strict laws have led to dumping our electronic
junk in someone else’s back yard, causing serious damage.
A mountain in the Arizona desert that’s not on any map was discovered five
years ago. A closer look reveals the mountain is made of glass from old
TVs and monitors, full of lead and other toxic heavy metals. Most of it, some
41 million pounds, from California.
We pay an extra fee when we buy a new TV or computer to get the old stuff
properly recycled. In most cases it is shipped out of state. The owner of the
Yuma property, called Dlubak Glass, received millions of dollars from those
California fees to recycle the glass, but never finished the job.
After we alerted California officials back in 2009, they cracked down,
ordering recyclers to stop shipping old TVs and monitors to Yuma. Arizona filed
suit. But the fine, $120,000 dollars, was a mere slap on the wrist. See
more at : http://www.ban.org/2014/06/13/californias-e-waste-ending-up-in-toxic-mountain-of-junk-in-arizona/
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