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China is the E-Waste Computer dump for the world

E-waste dump of the world.

Guiyu computer dump –
1. The Electronics Junkyard Dismantlers of Guiyu

    2008 Guiyu was once a peaceful rice-growing village located in the eastern province of Guangdong, southern China – that is – until a surge of broken computers and laptops arrived from the Western World. Since then, Guiyu has been proclaimed the World’s electronic-waste capital. For around $1.50 USD, around 60,000 local workers including children risk their lives and limbs to scramble for anything of value out of your old computer. Some workers go the river bank, located just outside the village, where they make small fires to heat an extremely toxic mixture dubbed Aqua Regia. It contains 75 per cent pure Hydrochloric Acid and 25 per cent pure Nitric acid. Using the mixture, workers try to extract the small amount of gold found within a number of electronic parts such as computer chips. This method is extremely harmful both to humans and environment, as it produces sulfur dioxide and chlorine. At best, protection comes in the form of only a pair of rubber boots or a pair of gloves; but many of the workers endure a day’s labor without any protection at all.

2. Much toxic computer waste lands in Third World

    “25 Feb 2002 … (AP) — What happened to that old computer after you sold it to a … That often involves operations like the dump in Guiyu or similar ones …”

3. The Seattle Times: Nation & World: E-waste dump of the world

    “9 Apr 2006 … A worker piles discarded aluminum computer casings on the back of a motorized transport at the town of Guiyu in southern China. …”

4. Electronic waste in Guiyu – Wikipedia

    “While taping part of the story onsite at an illegal recycling dump in Guiyu, representatives of the Chinese recyclers attempted without success to …”

5. E-Waste Not How–and why–we should make sure our old cell phones, TVs and PCs get dismantled properly

    “Even though holiday sales were down at least 2% from 2007, millions of Americans awoke Christmas morning to new computers, TVs and iPhones. (I didn’t, but thanks for the pens, Mom.) Many of those gifts were replacements or upgrades, which prompts the question, What should you do with your old cell phone and other electronic equipment?

6. KILLER Digital Dumping Grounds on Earth, in Agbogbloshie, Ghana …

    “23 Jul 2009 … BIGGEST Military Computer Hacking of ALL-TIME, from a normal …. The southern Chinese city of Guiyu has been completely built around the e-waste trade. … and maybe one day put the digital dumps out of business. …” http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/ghana804/video/video_index.html

7. Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management March 2006, Volume 8, Issue 1, pp 21-33 Environmental contamination from electronic waste recycling at …

    ” dismantling electronic equipment, selling computer … roller dump site. A reservoir located in the northern part of. Guiyu, approximately 6km from the …” http://www.springerlink.com/index/G8K452X2542HK200.pdf

8. 2007 Elevated blood lead levels of children in Guiyu, an Electronic …

    “Guiyu has become a hub for illegal and unsafe computer recycling. … Dump. One of the worst polluted spots is Guiyu, China, where the levels of dioxin, …”

9. “12 Nov 2007 … “A migrant child from Henan province holds up a piece of e-trash, once a computer screen bearing a “Nokia” logo in a junk yard in Guiyu in …”
10. The WIP Contributors: E-waste: America’s Electronics Feed the …

    “26 Apr 2009 … The landscape of Guiyu, a remote town in China’s Guangdong province, … piles of unrecyclable computer waste imported from around the world in Guiyu, China. … Nigeria to this nearby informal dump sitting on a swamp. …” http://www.thewip.net/contributors/2009/04/ewaste_americas_electronics_fe.html

11. Elevated Blood Lead Levels of Children in Guiyu, an Electronic …

    “Leaching of lead from computer printed wire boards and cathode ray tubes by … Johnson T. E-waste dump of the world. 2006. [[accessed 20 July 2006]]. …”

12. FOXNews.com – Chinese Recyclers Live in Toxic E-Waste Dump …

    “Chinese Recyclers Live in Toxic E-Waste Dump, Southern city of Guiyu full of … wires to recover copper and cooking computer motherboards to release gold. …”

13. GARBAGE AND RECYCLING IN CHINA

    China produces 254 million tons of garage a year, or about a third of a kilogram per person per day—a third of the world’s annual trash and garbage output.

14. “2008 Following The Trail Of Toxic E-Waste
60 Minutes is going to take you to one of the most toxic places on Earth — a place that government officials and gangsters don’t want you to see. It’s a town in China where you can’t breathe the air or drink the water, a town where the blood of the children is laced with lead. It’s worth risking a visit because, as correspondent Scott Pelley first reported last November, much of the poison is coming out of the homes, schools and offices of America.
15. E Waste

    “Burn houses in distance and smoke where computer parts from the United States are burned. … Guiyu is one of the biggest e-waste centers of the world. … Alaba market in Lagos, Nigeria to this nearby informal dump sitting on a swamp. …”

16. The World’s Electronic Waste Dump
Guiyu, China is often referred to as the “e-waste capital of the world.” The city employs over 150,000 electronic waste dis-assemblers, recyclers, and salvage workers who toil through 16-hour days tearing apart discarded computers and other electronic devices.
17. Where computers go to die — and kill | Salon News

    “10 Apr 2006 … Top: Woman in Guiyu, China, about to smash a cathode ray tube from a … A short distance inland, the trucks dump their loads in what looks like … rivers that have become dumping grounds for discarded computer parts. …”

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/04/10/ewaste/
18. Elevated blood lead levels of children in Guiyu, an Electronic

    “RESULTS: BLLs in 165 children of Guiyu ranged from 4.40 to 32.67 ….. Leaching of lead from computer printed wire boards and cathode ray tubes by municipal solid waste “Municipal waste” redirects here. … E-waste dump of the world. …”

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Cleaning Appliances
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Refrigerator and Freezer
The best cleaner is a mix of vinegar and water.
And for clean air, use fresh coffee grounds in a container with some holes in it in your refrigerator.
Coffee is better than baking soda for absorbing odors.
Washing Machine
Tang is the best way to clean your washing machine.
Front loading washing machine, use 1/4 cup of tang drink mix to an empty machine.
Run it through a basic cycle using hot water. This cleans the mineral deposits left from soap and also cleans the pipes.
When you use Tang in your front loading washing machine, once a week for four weeks and then once a month, and it’s just once a month on your dishwasher too!
Dishwasher
– add two cups of bleach to the bottom of an empty machine and run through a wash cycle.
– Then add four cups of white vinegar to the bottom and run through another cycle.


Homemade Cleaners
http://thefrugalgirls.com/homemade-cleaners
Laundry Detergent Recipe
Directions
http://thefrugalgirls.com/2010/08/how-to-make-homemade-laundry-detergent.html

  1. 1/2 Cup: Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda {not Baking Soda}
  2. 1/2 Cup: Borax 1/3 Bar of Fels-Naptha Soap {you could also use Ivory soap, but if using Ivory… use the whole bar}
  3. Bucket {2 gallon size or larger} Empty laundry detergent containers or bucket with lid to store detergent.

Homemade Fabric Softener Recipe
Directions
http://thefrugalgirls.com/2010/10/homemade-fabric-softener.html
6 cups HOT water
3 cups White Vinegar
2 cups Suave Hair Conditioner {Refreshing Waterfall or Coconut scents}
Mix conditioner & hot water well, until conditioner is dissolved completely.
Add the vinegar, and mix well.
Store in a large container {empty fabric softener container, empty large vinegar bottle, etc}
Pour into a downy ball… or use approx. 2 tbsp. in the fabric softener spot in your laundry machine… then wash!

comments:
I also use the homemade laundry detergent in the dry form and use just plain white vinegar as a softener. I was amazed at how well the vinegar worked to soften my clothes … with no vinegar smell.
I dilute regular fabric softener 2x so end up with 3x the amount and use that as a liquid or leave it all in a bucket and throw sponges in. wring out the sponge and throw 1 or 2 in the dryer as dryer sheets
I have an HE washer and dryer. I have been using this homemade fabric softener for about 6 months now and I could not be happier. It works great. Sometimes my laundry used to smell after washing and drying it but not anymore. I also starting leaving my washer machine door open a little. Again, this homemade fabric softener is great and I have definitely saved money. I use Suave or V05 and try to keep the scent something like a breeze or fruity scent.
I have a frontloader as well. I have been using frontload machines for 14 yrs now. The vinegar is great as an additive for the frontload machines as it cleans the machine as well. Run the mixture through the dispenser :). i also use 3 cups white vinegar & hot water through my machine regularly as a cleaner. use the tray dispenser to dispere 1 cup & dump the other 2 cups on the inside add a white towel & hot water cycle it all the way through . It keep it fresh & clean isnde no midlew or build up

Homemade Dryer Sheets

Directions
http://thefrugalgirls.com/2010/01/save-money-on-laundry-cut-dryer-sheets-in-half.html
comments:
I also make my own dryers sheets.
I take a third of a bottle of your favorite fabric softner and pour it into an empty gallon jug. (cleaned milk jug works great!) Fill the rest of the way with tap water and shake. Pour some into a small open plastic container. Take two new (plain cheap) sponges and cut them in half. Place cut sponges in softner mix and then pull one out, ringing it slightly and add to your dryer. These work great and you can just keep using the sponges again and again.
I made a mixture of 2 cups of cheep suave hair conditioner and 4 cups of water. Pour the conditioner in a pot on low heat add water and pour it into any container you can seal I used an old icecream bucket, I bought a pack of 6 sponges and cut them in half throw them in the bucket and when you need a dryer sheet wring out excess liquid from one sponge so it isn’t dripping wet when it goes in the dryer and you can re use these over and over and the liquid mixture will last a long time I have laundry for 7 people and it works great to save money.
I use an old washcloth: pour just a small amount of liquid fabric softener on it and toss it in the dryer. It works fantastic! It’s way more economical than adding the liquid to the washing machine.

Homemade Fabreze Recipe
http://thefrugalgirls.com/2013/03/diy-homemade-febreeze-recipe.html

Directions:
Add 3 tbsp. Fabric Softener {like your favorite scent of Downy} to empty spray bottle
Fill spray bottle with approx. 2 – 3 cups hot water. {depending on size of bottle}
Add in 1 tbsp. Baking Soda Mix, and enjoy!!
Portions can be adjusted slightly, depending on the size of your spray bottle.

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Student Debt
The Lost Purpose of School Reform Diane Ravitch
http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2015/apr/02/lost-purpose-no-child-left-behind/
“NCLB decisively changed the purpose of the law. What had once been a means of sending additional resources to schools enrolling poor students was turned into a testing mandate. By law, all students, regardless of disability or language proficiency, must be “proficient” on state tests by 2014. Congress and the Bush administration believed that their mandate could produce universal success in school, akin to passing a law proclaiming that all crime should cease by a date certain. Note to Congress: if wishes (or congressional mandates) were horses, then beggars would ride.  Not surprisingly, it didn’t work.”
richard branson: “It is possible that school is not necessary. I left school at 15.”
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2015-04-09/richard-branson-entrepreneurs-and-real-world-education
State AGs Urge Federal Forgiveness Of Student Loans Tied To Dodgy For-Profit Chain
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/09/federal-student-loan-forgiveness_n_7037128.html
Apollo Affiliate to Invest $1 Billion in Online Student Lender
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-04-14/apollo-affiliate-to-invest-1-billion-in-online-student-lender
Debt Collectors Lose Lawsuits Against Education Department It beat its aggrieved debt collectors in court
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/14/education-department-debt-collectors-lawsuit_n_7067292.html
US ED fines Corinthian $30 million for misrepresentation of job placement rates — will halt fed $ at Calif. Heald campuses
Federal judge tosses debt collectors’ lawsuits against  fined Heald College
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/14/heald-college-fine-jobs_n_7067056.html
@StrikeDebt “@usedgov is saying 4profits can steal billions so long they get cut in on the action too”
@StrikeDebt “Wells Fargo made billions off of 4profit Corinthian with help from the @usedgov which get’s it’s cut on the backend .”