The advancement of technology has clearly impacted the environment in a negative way. Not only recently (with the advancement of electronics) but also in the past during the industrial revolution. Humans are depended on the exploitation of the environment to make our lives more enjoyable. Until this changes we will continue to harm the environment. Oil has become the most important resource and contributes a significant amount of pollution to the atmosphere.
I think the presentation by Greg and Katelyn was great. The video really portrayed the amount of e-waste present in China. I found it distributing the amount of waste that those individuals were forced to live in. Not only did they have to live near it they were forced to clean up the waste and to tear their own houses down. I think that it is terrible that we (westerners) consume the majority of resources and electronic devices, yet we dispose of our waste to the global south.
The problem is what to do? I am to blame just as much as the next person, i have a ipod, laptop, tv, xbox ..... etc.. (the list goes on) I'm not sure i know what can be done. I did find it useful that Greg and Katelyn presented some options. I like the idea of holding everyone accountable for their trash, but even if we recycle our electronic parts how do we know that they are not being sent to the global south. I think that garbage in general is a problem, we are increasing in population and are loosing space to place trash. Hopfully we can come up with a solution to solve these problems because they are cleary harming both humans and the environment.
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I agree that we all individually must deal with our trash. However, how would you suggest that we do this? Through the Green Bin, across Ontario the government is currently trying to reduce the amount of trash. Would you expect restaurants to hold the same expectations as an individual household.
ReplyDeleteEven if we were able to control how we dispose of our technology, what could we do to dispose of the current waste in China? Due to the enourmous amount of waste worldwide, I don't think that there is one solution.