Already known as the largest e-waste capital of the world and often discussed in various high profile news articles and blogs it would appear that Guiyu is however still not getting any real priority attention to fix this terrible situation.

image courtesy of http://coolthingsinrandomplaces.com/guiyu/ and reposted…

Most of Guiyu makes their living by tearing apart outdated Dells with their bare hands. To access the solder, for example, they roast circuit boards over coal-fired grills. Printer cartridges are attacked with paint brushes, sending black clouds into the air and lungs. Gold is obtained using acid strippers, whose sludge is later dumped into the local river.

Computers components, however old, are rife with bits of valuable metals - many savvy geeks strip their old technology of gold before leaving them on the curb. But they also contain enough other materials - lead, cadmium, barium, even mercury - that electronic waste qualifies as hazardous, which is why most western countries drop it off as waste disposal centers. From there, 80% of e-waste heads straight to Asia.

Some workers claim they can distinguish between dozens of plastics, based on how they smell when they burn. Workers here make as little as $100 a month.

now isn’t that really cute, looks like baby huskies

The team at Wowinsider did a really cool April Fools joke, I had no idea how nuts it all was, many posts of turning a World of Warcraft site into a Hello Kitty Online, so cool (and cute of them too!!)

But what I don’t get is why they stopped it, afterall, users voted in favor of keeping it! WOW! The last comment made in the Wowinsider forums say it all

 Well I loved the whole exercise, and I loved the fact that it wasn’t a half-hearted one or two articles, but dozens of them. Bravo! Awesome April Fool’s. It’s nice to see some creativity and imagination, after several years of WoW those qualities were starting to wear a bit thin.

To the aggressive complainers out there: how much WoW news could there possibly be, and how much can any reasonable person honestly consume in a sitting? Enjoy the April Fool’s and be thankful for the variety and zaniness!