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> we need to ensure that electronic waste doesn't end up being dumped on random impoverished towns in Africa Wouldn't this further impoverish those who get wor
by concordDance 2y ago
> we need to ensure that electronic waste doesn't end up being dumped on random impoverished towns in Africa
Wouldn't this further impoverish those who get work from said dumps?
The real issue seems to be that they have no alternatives. If they could get a $5000/Yr job making textiles there'd be no appetite for diving into rubbish.
- Scoundreller 2y agoIunno, I think the only way to do that would be to ban all textile imports in those places, which would make every non-textile worker poorer. Lots of places try to ban 2nd hand imports, but I think that just leads to poor quality “new” imports from even cheaper countries that have industrialized textile manufacturing. Unsure what it would take for them to become competitive textile producers but that’s what would work the best in the end. Maybe I’ve taken too many (one) economics courses…