Beech, C. (2021, September 20). A SoCal company faces an e-waste problem head-on. Spectrum
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A Southern California company is being praised for trying to face worldwide electronic problems head-on through its program. Homeboy Industries is an organization that supports former gang members and ex-prisoners by helping them find jobs and adjust to life outside of the jail system. This industry has a sub-division called Homeboy Electronics Recycling that concentrates on collecting electronic waste, and either disposes it or recycles it for continued use.
I believe that Homeboy Industries is revolutionizing e-waste cleanups. Through their service to the community, the industry is providing a platform for marginalized people to prove their goodness to society as well as simultaneously clean our environment. This article relates to the topic of e-waste because it helps the reader understand that e-waste is harming our community with its bad toxins. And it shows that with effort, cleaning up e-waste is easy and we as a society should do more to help out.
I agree that we should help out more. How do you suggest we do so? is there an organization we can join? or something personally we can do to limit out e waste?
Thank you for commenting! I believe in consuming fewer electronic products, recycling them once there’s no more use, and extending the life of our electronics will help limit the e-waste problem.
E-waste is something fairly new, what other kinds of waste do you think may eventually become a problem? Do you think companies manufacturing these products should be held accountable in any way?