E-waste

About 70% of the world's electronic waste gets shipped to China because it's cheaper (up to 10 times cheaper) than dismantling and recycling it here. Unfortunately, this is mostly done by poor immigrants that aren't protected by health and environmental standards.

"Many houses double as smelter and home. Gas burners shaped like blacksmith's forges squat beside the front doors, their flues rising several stories to try to dissipate the toxic smoke... The groundwater has long been too polluted for human consumption. The amount of lead in the river sediment is double European safety levels, according to the Basel Action Network, an environmental group...'Of course, recycling is more environmentally sound,' said Wu Song, a former local university student who has studied the area. "But I wouldn't really call what's happening here recycling.' "
- http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071119/ap_on_re_as/china_toxic_electronics

Any ideas on how to promote or ensure that what we're "recycling" is actually better for the environment?