Computer giant Dell Inc. has announced that it will stop sending computers for recycling to developing nations. Green groups have been fighting to stop such trade because they say lax labor standards overseas pose unreasonable public health risks for the workers.
This is ironic since the greens are always pushing for recycling at any cost in the United States! And Dell has worked hard to be a good citizen, leading the charge for computer recycling by taking old computers from consumers and…
Last Wednesday, The New York Times ran an appealing story on the rise of an Ecuadorian Quichua community from a cocoa grower to a chocolate producer. The 850-families cooperative, located in the Amazonian rainforest, sells rich chocolate bars to American supermarkets without intermediaries.
This initiative is worth emulating, and should be followed by Ecuadorian agribusiness men who export fruits with no added value, such as bananas, mangoes, passion fruits, and coffee beans. Read NYT’s When Chocolate is a Way of Life
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