Friday, August 13, 2010

A cautionary: Equipment donation

NyTimes had a slideshow on E-Waste.

"The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary 
Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, agreed to in 1989 and now adopted 
by a majority of nations, was meant to stop the dumping of toxic waste in poor 
countries. But rules get complicated when the waste arrives as a gift"

We're working on getting the Medical school to donate its surplus medical equipment and have to be very careful that we're not simply gift wrapping trash.

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