The quote above was posted from a commenter to the provocatively-titled blog post (one of the BEST series) "Are E-Waste Advocates Racist?"
"Terima kasih atas menggambarkan pekerjaan kami sebagai teknisi. Kami tidak pencemar kecuali seseorang mengirim kita polusi karena kita tidak memiliki pilihan lain pembeli kecuali e-limbah. Kami adalah pintar dan aku bisa memperbaiki hal-hal IT tidak ada masalah."
My company has repeatedly been accused of being "an exporter" by companies which "don't export". If you don't marry, how could you possibly be guilty of spouse abuse? This is the logic established by companies like GARB, which posted to our Youtube video over the weekend
"GARB has the solution to the ewaste problem. The closed cycle principle. A must see."As required, I came, I saw it. Hammermills grinding and chopping computers into little pieces that are then hand sorted by labor on an assembly line. It's "the solution" if you are looking for two things: elimination of screwdriver labor, and elimination of reuse. Yum yum. I feel so much better about mining lead, silver, and tin for my new Tablet or 80 inch video display. Having people pick up chopped pieces is SO much better than removing screws and sorting the same metals and parts, with some reuse.
The translation of the opening quote (auto-detected as Indonesian language)
Thank you for describing our work as a technician. We are not polluters pollution unlesssomeone sends us because we have no other choice except e-waste buyers. We are smartand I can fix things IT does not have a problem.
