Hi-tech Trash

Did you know what happened to your old computer or self phone when you get ride of it? Well i certainly did not have any idea before reading the article 'Hi-Tech Trash' by Chris Carroll. The fact that they take the obsolete technology and just dump it in poor downtrodden countries isn't right and actually really bothered me because this is the planet that we live on and we need to take care of it not only for ourselves but on the future generations that will need to use the soil and water that we are polluting just because we are to cheap or lazy to dispose of the technology in the correct manner. What the materials that we dispose of leak or do to the earth is a direct threat to our future and the environment. The e-waste, as it was called in the article, does to the environment is awful and we need to make sure of is the way the hi-tech trash is being taken care of. When i get rid of the old computers or old phones i never checked because i figured they recycled or refurbished the parts so that they could be used to make another hi-tech piece of equipment. I had no idea how the products were disposed of and to be honest at the time i didn't care at all but looking at what i know now it is very important that we take care of excess or unneeded technology in the right ways. I know i will be more into helping the environment and getting rid of the technology the right way.