High Tech Trash Abstract

High Tech Trash by Chris Carroll, claims the E-trash, has become, a major problem that has yet been properly dealt with. Carroll uses his own personal experiences and statistics to show audiences, or Americans, what actually happens to all of our "e-trash" we discard of. Carroll discusses recycling and how real recycling is beneficial but companies advertise themselves as so, when in reality they are just dumping the garbage. Yes, there are companies like Creative Recycling in Tampa Florida, but the other companies are few and far between. What it really comes down to is awareness. After someone disposes of an old cell phone or computer, nobody really does know where it ends up. What goes around comes around is the moral of this story. We dispose a lot of our trash into developing nations like China. China then makes jewelry, plates, and other household items and sells it back to America, causing a vicious cycle of disease and sickness all around. The sadder part is that many people make a living off of this "e-trash" by burning the wires to get to the metal furthering the pollution of the earth.