Fair Trade Recycling. Our vision is not the same, perhaps, as Basel Action Network, or the "Back to Eden" program of Interpol. Arresting dozens of Africans and seizing thousands of "good enough" televisions and monitors, purchased for repair and resale, will not get us where we are going.
Where are we going? According to the Economist, to the end of poverty. The world population is making the same progress as the United States made, in standard of living, for the past 100 years.
Nearly 1 billion people have left poverty in 20 years.
Where are we going? According to the Economist, to the end of poverty. The world population is making the same progress as the United States made, in standard of living, for the past 100 years.
Nearly 1 billion people have left poverty in 20 years.
In "Towards the End of Poverty", the Economist shows how at this rate, another billion will leave poverty in a decade.
This is our vision. Africans with television, barios with high speed internet, rice fields with smart phones. Yes, that means they will "generate e-waste", just as we did/do. But "Back to Eden" isn't on our Map.
