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DIRTY SECRETS: THE TOXIC E-WASTE TRADE

Free Geek presents an evening of documentaries, discussion and d'accordion music!

Thursday August 2nd

Doors 7:00pm, show 7:30.

Admission FREE/BY DONATION. First come first serve.

We will screen BAN's pivotal documentaries The Digital Dump: Exporting Re-Use and Abuse to Africa and Exporting Harm: The High-Tech Trashing of Asia.

Sarah Westervelt, from international watchdog organisation the Basel Action Network (BAN), will speak on the illicit trade in computer waste here & abroad. Audience discussion to follow.

The Creaking Planks will recycle and repurpose salvageable components of defunct and formerly toxic popular musics.

More info: ban.org or phone Free Geek at 604-879-4335. Click HERE to view a trailer for the Digital Dump.

"Most citizens, governments and businesses have blinders on concerning sham reuse and recycling of their e-waste. 'The Digital Dump' rips those blinders away. Save your breath. Show the film. Then talk. You will have instant allies asking honest questions. That's how change happens." -- Mr. Sego Jackson, Principal Planner of Snohomish County, Washington State, Solid Waste Management Division and NEPSI (National Electronics Product Stewardship Initiative) stakeholder.

This event is sponsored by the Recycling Council of British Columbia and we of Free Geek.

Open burning of plastic encased metal printer and motor parts. Open burning of plastics and other material is common in order to reduce the waste to metals. Guiyu, China. December 2001. © Basel Action Network