http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/27/science/earth/27waste.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Title: Smuggling Europe's Waste to Poorer Countries
Source: N.Y. Times
Date: 9/26/09
Author: ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
Summary: Exporting waste illegally to poor countries has become a growing international business, as companies try to minimize the costs of new environmental laws. Rotterdam, the busiest port in Europe, has unwittingly become Europe’s main external garbage chute.
Response: This article is important because it discusses the negative impact Europe's smuggling of electronic waste is doing to the environment. Europe's electronic waste, and other garbage that is supposed to be recycled is polluting air and water and releasing the chemicals that are linked to global warming.
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