Comments on: Time to clean up tech's act

Americans have to take responsibility for the PCs and electronic devices they discard, says CNET News.com's Charles Cooper.

[lsander153]

Credibility

Never believe political commentary that originates in a blue state.

[charlie cooper]

Puh-leeze

Way to go, Louie. Dismiss the reality by dissing the geographical origin of the author. Brilliant! Meanwhile, the piles of tech garbage keep growing.

Time to clean up tech junk coming from California

This is the issue isn't it?

We could tell the Japanese how 'things' are, but nobody would dare tell Californians they, too, have an ugly side, can we?

It's called "precious".

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EPA officials

"At the federal level, it's a joke," said Wyatt, who was invited with other nonprofit recyclers to a meeting with EPA officials earlier this year, where they had a virtually fruitless conversation about how to get greater backing from Uncle Sam.

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Cooper's Cause has Bigger Things to Worry About

While the few tidbits of numerical data in Cooper's write-up are alarming (come on! it's the usual doomsdayer/sky is falling from the liberal green people!), it would be nice if it were a balanced enough article to point out the real offenders. Fact is, 90% of the lead problem/content in our environment is comprised of an 80% contribution by batteries (mainly storage type batteries), 4.8% roughly by "oxides" consisting of paint, glass and ceramic materials in products, and 4.2% roughly in ammunition (yes, really -- bullets and such).

The "high-tech" electronics lead contribution, CRT displays and the actual solder on the board included, only comprise a whopping 0.49% of the entire lead problem.

Instead of looking for another liberal tax-dollar-sucking cause of cutting on Americans for being consumers, maybe Cooper's following (or is he a follower?) should concentrate on contributions to new storage technologies to replace the battery issues. If they fixed just 0.6% of the battery lead contribution, it would offset the computer/display/ckt board contribution 100%.

Unfortunately, it is too late to stop the Pb-free/RoHS initiative within the electronics mfg and components industries, even though their portion of the problem is minute compared to approximately 10 categories which add more lead to our environment. AS USUAL, the green movement picks the most visible, emotional, consumer-driven and pop-culture items to yell about rather than the less exciting industry that does the most damage.

Always consider the source.