Environmental Inventory

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south is right,

1) first world countries need to set better examples because as other countries start doing better they will face the same challenges and may not be able to cope with the sudden rise of issues whether they are air quality related, or water or land quality related. If Pakistan was manufacturing more than it is, it will do a number on the environment for people around there.

2) consumption has an impact on those producing to feed that consumption, at all places involved if there are no good control processes in place.

Even now if you look at industrial refuse from tanneries and mills in Pakistan, you will be astonished at what is going on.

One big issue I professionally dealt with was throw away crap sold at dollar stores, built cheaply in places like china..with high levels of hazardous substances, it would do a number on people using it here, and the people around the factories churning these products out.

even for more expensive stuff, if i toss a LCD screen in a landfill not only is it doing a number on the environment at the point of consumption and disposal, it is creating huge issues at the point of manufacturing, base materials, components, sub assembles and final products. The impact in these industrial factory villages in China is crazy, and if you follow the supply chain, you will see same issues in places in malaysia, phillipines etc.

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I was watching a program about 3 years ago - old ships being sent to Bangladesh to be disassembled and discrarded. The working conditions were terrible, amd impact on local environment was significant. This was an example of first world country using something and then leting a third world country deal with the negative impact.

All the computers we use, they get shipped to 3rd world countries for "recycling". The 3rd world countries are feeling the impact of developed nations' limitless consumption.

Taker to another level, the well to do in 3rd world countries consume more than their fiar share. So Sh_t flows downstream.

As climate change occurs, the well to do have ac to keep their indoor temperature cool. And the heat from their mega mansions is absirbed by the little guy lving in a bustee.

When we consume more than we need to, the greatest impact is on the one on the lowest end of society.

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hehe, it's a problem for all. :) moreso for the developing countries. Either you don't understand the true implications of it or you think only your problems are problems. True it's not as serious as living in a war zone, but striving towards sustainability is also important.