alt Hacker NewsI was speaking of eWaste. I find it highly unethical to offload america's waste onto somebody else. Being that entire shanty towns (people included) in India have disappeared as the landfill they were built on shifted due to rain.
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As I pointed out - the Indian government WANTS other countries to dump e-waste in India, becuase it makes the economics of building an end-to-end REE processing supply chain much easier for Indian businesses.
Already, e-waste processors in India have startup to upskill into manufacturing NdFeB magnets [0] which are currently entirely monopolized by China.
Also, batteries are an example of E-Waste that India is incentivizing to come to India.
> Being that entire shanty towns (people included) in India have disappeared as the landfill they were built on shifted due to rain
India is in the midst of a shantytown razing program similar to what China did in the 2000s [1]
To become a developed country by 2047, India needs to make some sacrifices that the US did and China is currently doing.
[0] - https://www.fastmarkets.com/insights/trafalgar-sets-sights-o...
[1] - https://scroll.in/article/1084230/why-the-judiciary-is-respo...
India is a poor country, and the risk-reward calculus for individuals living there on the bottom rungs of the socioeconomic ladder is very different from even a poor American, who still has access to running water, AC, and a very high minimum wage.
It's even more unethical to prevent the global poor from building industry that might meaningfully improve their quality of life.