Are they Gulags yet?
Earlier, I mentioned that waterbed manufacturing industry is now almost solely prison industry due to EPA and toxicity issues.
I forgot the electronics industry:
Courtesy of ResourceShelf DocuTicker:
Thursday, June 09, 2005 Toxic Sentence: E-waste, Prisons, Economic and Environmental Justice Electronics Recycling--Prisons Source: Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, Clean Computer Campaign
Toxic Sentence: E-waste, Prisons, Economic and Environmental Justice (PDF; 100 KB)
"Over 80% of electronic waste either ends up in landfills, is dumped on poorer countries without proper health and environmental oversight, or is managed improperly in facilities such as the Federal Prison Industries, Inc. (UNICOR) recycling programs."
posted by Shirl @ 8:45 AM
Abstract: http://www.docuticker.com/2005/06/toxic-sentence-e-waste-prisons.html
Four Page PDF: http://svtc.igc.org/cleancc/pubs/prisonfactsheet_305.pdf
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