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The Electronic Wasteland

November 9, 2008 4:00 PM

Where do the millions of computer monitors, cell phones and other electronic refuse our society generates end up? Scott Pelley reports.

Following The Trail Of Toxic E-Waste
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by woodworx May 9, 2011 11:45 PM EDT
Where is the follow up story to this? What's being done to spread awareness about this issue?
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by Answer_guy April 9, 2011 5:37 PM EDT
Does anybody have the answers to the questions for the ELECTRONIC WASTE AND CHINA Video Review. I have a essay i am supposed o do and i cant get any of the answers.
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by drilopes March 22, 2011 3:32 PM EDT
I would like to request the translation of the video for the Portuguese.
thanks!
Adriana
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by pablo0808 January 7, 2011 5:57 PM EST
CONSUMER ALERT BEWARE - Executive Recycling has changed their name to Mountain Electronic Recycling and they are still shipping toxic electronic waste to China and Africa.


Mountain Electronic Recycling
1630 W. Evans Unit-H Englewood CO 80110
(303)791-0808

Like New Pc's 7320 W. 52nd Ave Arvada , CO 80002

I would suggest he shut down and let someone who actually cares about the environment do the work. His greed is obvious.
I actually hope brandon richter he goes to jail for fraud very soon.
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by Drakenflyxyz December 18, 2010 5:37 PM EST
Again 60 minutes has skewed another story by not doing a proper follow up! It's amazing how many people are suckered into the ratings game to help make money for a show that doesn't deserve to be on the air. IF 60 minutes had bothered in ACTUALLY doing a follow up the story they would've discovered that the container that was sent to china from Colorado was purchased and picked up from the warehouse by a CANADA Group and that ICE did a full investigation into this matter and CLEARED the company of ANY wrong doing! Brandon was correct in stating: 60 minutes DID NOT have it facts straight! 60 minutes needs to change its name to "skewed in 60 minutes"!
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by daniellllaa September 22, 2010 8:45 PM EDT
This is great journalism! You showed all sides of this conflict yet at the same time visually and factually told the hard hitting truth of the matter.
Everyone involved should be very proud!! Although I dont know how you stayed so calm when that recycle company owner started claiming you, one of the countires most reputable journalism programs, dont have your facts straight, and then go a step further to claim that your attacking small businesses by calling him out on his lies!!!

Either way, even though I just saw this program now, great job! I am going to put links to it on my website :)
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by Fab4reak April 1, 2010 9:27 PM EDT
Greenpeace is doing something about this. They're holding the corporations and manufacturers accountable for their products. Our names are on these products and it's completely unfair and irresponsible, not to mention inhumane, to dump them on innocent people that can't do anything about it because they don't have the resources to compete with these billion dollar corporations. I know for a fact that Greenpeace is giving these people a voice. They already took on Apple and won! Check it out - Greenpeace.org
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by Felix_Staratschek February 20, 2010 3:04 PM EST
There is a solution for this waste:
http://sites.google.com/site/kryorecycling
Kryo- Recycling

Felix Staratschek, Freiligrathstr. 2, D- 42477 Radevormwald
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by hnidao December 3, 2009 9:41 PM EST
Thank you Consumer Affairs,

I will proceed to file that report with your firm and five others which showed the same interest. And I am being interviewed by two news stations that are also surprised to hear such a story.

Sincerely,

Gregory Phillips
USN, Ret.


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From: info@consumeraffairs.com
To: GsonPhillips@aol.com
Sent: 11/30/2009 3:24:56 P.M. Eastern Standard Time
Subj: Re: (no subject)


Gregory,

If you would like to file a complaint that will be published on our site, please feel free to use our online form.

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/php/a_report.php

Thanks!




On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 6:13 PM, <GsonPhillips@aol.com> wrote:

4 November 2009

Complaint to BBB



I moved back here to North Miami Beach Florida during the first week of August 2009. Was without a job and living with my Mother. I received a letter for employment with the First Investors Corporation, as a Bank Sales Investment employee. I signed up for training with this company 0n 12 August 2009. We were being trained to be Investment professionals. Began on

8/12/2009. They required a ** $357.25 for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) registration fee, licensing, fingerprinting and exam fees. I paid for my own fingerprints at the local Federal Sheriff?s office for $10.00 from my own pocket. When my books were stolen from my car, of which I then had to pay $85 to replace a one book.

The Training supervisor is Mr. Bruce Katz (954-628-4100) located at the Miramar Florida First Investors office. The training started going sour because they wanted money for something that I had not completed at all, and then wanted more money.

I initially paid them with my Mother's Wachovia Check #097855697, dated 12 August 2009 for **$357.25 -- And now that I decided to resign from the company before taking any Licensing exam, because the training was unorganized and the place ran similar to a boyscout group. The fee for the upcoming exam of which I paid for previously ** I resigned on 14 October 2009. And they sent my all sorts of misleading information to insure I cannot receive any refund of money paid.

Continued::
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by DavidTeam November 25, 2009 5:25 AM EST
Just to tell the CNBCNews, to bring in the Colorado "CRT" container to CHINA costs RM50,000=$8,000.. do you think that CHINA businessman so stupid
No way... It was about 2 years the industry changed
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