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Description
CBS 60 Minutes follows the "recycling" of e-waste from Denver Colorado to a community in southern China. In the process they uncover an underground network of illegal smuggling that starts with American consumers "doing the right thing" in dropping off their electronic waste at a "green"company and ends in China where poverty and poison are the essential components in the dismantling process.
The video segment is intended to reveal the dirty little secret that is part of the fastest growing component of the waste management industry.
General Assessment
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This 60 Minutes video by CBS is a useful edition to the growing number of resources dealing with electronic waste. It introduces students to the illegal trade in e-waste and the harmful effects it has on those who are at the end of the line in the cradle to grave process.
Teachers will find Wasteland a useful resource in dealing with curriculum units focusing on waste management and corporate and consumer responsibility. The video also has relevance in realizing those outcomes related to environmental health, globalization and the world's poor, and consumerism and technology.
After viewing the video and discussing its implications, students might be challenged to investigate and make proposals regarding possible responses or solutions that meet the criteria of sustainable consumerism.
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Themes Addressed
Citizenship (1)
- Sustainable Consumption
Economics (1)
- Corporate Social Responsibility
Governance (1)
- Government Regulations
Human Health & Environment (1)
- Environmental Contaminants & Health Hazards
Science and Technology (1)
- Appropriate Technology
Waste Management (2)
- Cradle-to-Cradle
- Hazardous Waste
