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The fate of waste technology in Japan
Living in Japan, I often saw our travels in the district a small truck with calls for the surrender of the old electronics and appliances. Any working or not - they could take her out of the house, thus saving residents from problems with disposal. But what happens then I did not know And then one day, in Niigata Prefecture, we met a large area lined with mountains televisions, printers and washing machines. An employee told us that this technique is not for sale to the population, and to send to China to parse the parts and materials. Something of this still works, but it does not matter - the technique even close awnings from possible rain. When we drove cars and of them were discharged and more new items ...
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