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Title asks a question, article doesn't actually answer it.
by sbierwagen 15y ago
Title asks a question, article doesn't actually answer it.
- brudgers 15y agoNeither did HP or Samsung.
- stephengillie 15y agoHow would Coca-Cola respond to a writer asking about all their cans in landfills? How morally responsible should a company be for what their customers do with purchased merchandise?
- parenthesis 15y agoCoca-Cola should be responsible for making sure that its cans are recycleable, I would say. Due to the toxic materials embedded in electronic waste, the consumer can't be expected to, or be trusted to carry all the burden of disposing of it appropriately. How this burden is to be divided between the makers and sellers of electronic goods and governments is an important question for debate.
- stephengillie 15y agoWashington State offers free e-cycling: http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/swfa/eproductrecycle/ http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/swfa/eproductrecycle/
- anonymous_eng 15y agoSamsung has since responded: "Based on our internal investigation, we confirmed that the boxes were not discarded by Samsung Electronics or by one of Samsung’s recycling partners. Furthermore, the semiconductor components contained in the boxes were manufactured in 2004 and had been shipped to a customer overseas. In the case of components – unlike finished products – all rights and ownership are transferred to the customer after a sales transaction has been completed." The full response: http://www.techinasia.com/samsung-denies-dumping-ewaste-china/ http://www.techinasia.com/samsung-denies-dumping-ewaste-chin...
- viraptor 15y ago> "unlike finished products – all rights and ownership are transferred" Does this make sense to anyone? What kind of rights / ownership would they preserve when they sell a finished product?
- blantonl 15y agoIt just a fancy PR way of saying: "When someone buys it, it is theirs"
- rntksi 15y agoI think s/he meant that in the statement, they used the wording "unlike finished products", meaning that if it actually was finished products, some rights and ownerships would've been retained by the seller. In which case, what rights and what kind of ownership rights would be retained?
- nl 15y agoIn some jurisdictions the manufacture is partially responsible for the disposal of finished goods (ie, they have to offer recycling programs). This doesn't apply to components.