the river shined with the e-waste glistening within it.

I found this article pretty interesting because I am writing my small object, large subject essay on laptops so it kind of went hand in hand.

In Chris Carroll's article titled, " High Tech Trash", his main claim discusses the fact that we are polluting the developing countries with our so-called e-waste. Our used technology is being transported to other countries in order to escape the factor of pollution affecting our country. It is truly a serious dilemma. The reasons that we are discarding our "e-waste" to developing countries is because when we do this, we are not bothered by the effects. We do not have to deal with the impacts that this waste is producing. Although, what Carroll is not considering is that this waste could be being transported right back to us. China, like us, is a big producer and they could be sending their waste to us in return. Carroll gives an example of how many countries are now checking to make sure "e-waste" is not included in the goods that are being transported into that country. Carroll says that "e-waste flows like water" and he is right. What is ironic, is that the "e-waste" is actually ending up in these waters blocking the flow. Carroll discusses how abundant our supply of used technology is becoming and how it is just becoming waste that we cannot seem to find a place for so we ship it overseas. He states that "an estimated 30 to 40 million PCs will be ready for "end-of-life management" in each other the next few years".This leads me to think back to this week in my Information Technology class where we were discussing the new iPad. The Professor was talking to us about how a lot of brands, such as Apple, will make a product that is missing one key feature, such as a camera or the radio, just so that they can put it into the next new product and consumers will want to purchase that one because it has that "new" feature". Because of this, there is so much wasted technology because the public just tosses away their old product. The market deserves a lot of blame when it comes to the topic of e-waste because they are the ones leaving out these little features in order to gain a bigger profit. It is disturbing if I may say so. Chris Carroll's assumes that everyone in America is affected by this epidemic and that the public cares enough to want to intervene with the transporting of our "e-waste" to the developing countries. Although this is a shame, I don't believe that much is going to be done about it.