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Israel Ganot: Take your e-waste to a responsible place

Presenter: Israel Ganot
Published July 26, 2012
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Great talk Israel. Keep up

Greg Nicholls (not verified), August 22, 2012 - 06:01

Great talk Israel. Keep up the good work!

From the upcyclers of kraft paper waste...Xanita.

I would have liked to hear

acommenter (not verified), July 26, 2012 - 09:37

I would have liked to hear more about the process of "unshopping". The psychology of behavior change is a very interesting aspect of our successful pursuit of sustainability. It seems this change involves un-learning many things drilled into us by consumer culture. Being for sustainability feels like being countercultural in many ways. Annie Leonard's short animation "The Story of Stuff" relates to this concept, and would have been worth mentioning. Also, many companies purport to recycle used electronics, but how they demonstrably confirm that none of their byproducts are land disposed or exported to places with poor labor and environmental protections, is the tricky question. Because smelters are exempt from many U.S. hazardous waste laws for their slag... and when things get passed along to other vendors it can become difficult to vet the whole reverse-supply chain.

Israel Ganot is the founder of Gazelle, a company which aims to keep used electronics out of landfills and put the gadgets in the hands of someone who can use them. Ganot also promotes "unshopping" -- the process of getting rid of what we don't need and using what we have.

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