RE: [SiliconBeach] Ewaste business

2010-01-12 Thread Mark Burch
Glad to hear it! Regards, Mark Burch From: silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com [mailto:silicon-beach-austra...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Suhit Anantula Sent: Wednesday, 13 January 2010 11:55 AM To: silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [SiliconBeach] Ewaste business

Re: [SiliconBeach] Ewaste business

2010-01-12 Thread Suhit Anantula
Hi Mark: I understand where you are coming from. Just to clarify, I am doing this as a consultant for another organisation. These guys are committed to doing the right thing. One issue we are facing is finding buyers who will process the e-waste in the right way and most probably will be located

RE: [SiliconBeach] Ewaste business

2010-01-12 Thread Mark Burch
Hi Suhit, I don't know much about that BASEL convention (does it have any teeth?) but there's something quite wrong with rich countries like Australia exporting our ewaste to developing countries where poor people manually meltdown circuit boards in open air hovels, breathing in all the noxious