The International Business Leaders Forum (cool title) is associated with the "Fair Trade" Electronics Recycling endeavorr which EPA Director Lisa P. Jackson toured this week in Ethiopia. A leader from the IBLF with a role in Ethiopia Digital Project sent this message:
The idea of "Fair Trade Recycling", the empowerment of Geeks in developing world to properly recycle whatever they cannot repair, and to take back and recycle product from their own country's residents, is an idea whose time has obviously come.
"We are pleased to have the support of the US EPA and feel it will go a long way to support our endeavors to mitigate Ewaste while supporting digital access. I often quote Victor Hugo "There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time has come" "the Idea of a quality refurbisher/recyler in an emerging country supplemented with market knowledge and oversite is an "Idea whose time has come"
More about the EPA's support for the "fair trade recycling" endeavor can be found at this press release. Information on the Ethiopian Ministry of ICT, can be found at the link. This project came through World Bank ICT funding.- Chris Frasier Supply Chain Developer Digital Partnership
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The idea of "Fair Trade Recycling", the empowerment of Geeks in developing world to properly recycle whatever they cannot repair, and to take back and recycle product from their own country's residents, is an idea whose time has obviously come.
