Managing pollution and waste
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Why waste export is legal
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It is labelled as working second-hand goods, and a share of it genuinely is working.
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Who pays for e-waste
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People who strip and burn devices by hand — they never owned them and gained nothing from them.
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Why target the manufacturer
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It is the one party the exporting country can reach, because it sells into that market and wants to continue.
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Why a per-unit record beats a container check
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The record follows the device, so relabelling waste as working goods no longer breaks the chain.
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