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And still ship the leftover waste to poor countries? Whenever I read "circular economy" I want to smash my head into a wall. Just so you understand where that'
by jotm 5y ago
And still ship the leftover waste to poor countries? Whenever I read "circular economy" I want to smash my head into a wall.
Just so you understand where that's coming from: I worked for one of the largest appliance recycling companies in the UK.
I watched as hundreds of thousands of perfectly good spare parts were thrown away and like 80% of the incoming shipments being reshipped to India and Africa. They did resell whole appliances for seemingly unprofitable prices, though. Several flooded flats and even electrical fires because of piss poor testing.
I watched as people were poisoned (lead from CRTs, whatever the fuck is in fridge lining and compressors) in their factory because of extremely poor H&S. Actually, was affected myself, now I have to beg for a very simple medicine for the rest of my life.
I watched as people were fired on the spot after getting in accidents (due to said poor H&S) and got zero compensation.
They were dumping toxic chemicals in the local sewage system while getting 4-5 star ratings from the environment agency.
Ran by greedy, dumb management, I swear the company exists just to get government funding instead of actually being useful or turning a profit.