This & That, Ceci et Cela

“Computer waste is still being dumped in developing nations in contravention of the Basel Convention, an investigation by the BBC Earth Files programme shows. The research reveals both companies and governments are flouting the treaty designed to regulate the shipment and disposal of hazardous materials. Posing as an Irish computer shop, Earth Files found US firms willing to assist in the evasion of Basel regulations.”

“Brokers tell us they carefully tape $100 bills just inside the back of the shipping container so when the customs agents open up these containers, they’ve got their bribe and it can just pass on through,” says BAN’s Sarah Westervelt.

Word.  For on the 7th day the cynic said: “Let there be grease.  And the wheel shall be turned”. And he/she wasn’t lying…