Basel Action Network argued against an exemption from the ban for repairable electronics at a meeting of the Basel Convention in Geneva, Switzerland, in May, because repairable equipment inevitably includes parts that are discarded, Puckett said. The exemption was defeated."
Meta-Actor: Journalism
Source Document: http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/09/26/e-waste-empire-middlebury-vermont-discarded-electronics/2880359/
Date: September 26, 2013
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