This is an abysmal situation and I&#x27;m really glad that folks are following up on the issue and trying to add transparency to the shading dealings. However ...<p>Stuff like this (from the article) :<p><i>“We’re struggling for survival,” he said.<p>Prices for many commodities found in e-waste, a major source of revenue for electronics recyclers, have plunged in the past year.</i><p>So there is a recycling fee&#x2F;tax that is paid, on a per item basis, that is well above the &quot;commodity price of raw materials&quot;. Where did that money go? Where is the agency that I can turn in serial numbers to and collect $10 for each unique serial number that hasn&#x27;t been turned in before?<p>And while I get that burning any long chain polymer is a recipe for creating hazardous gases, the ball got dropped long before this crap landed in the New Territories of Hong Kong. The article mentions how China has cracked down on the mainland, how hard is it to ask &quot;who&#x27;s the boss?&quot; and then to put that person in jail? Sure you&#x27;re going to destroy the &quot;employment&quot; of everyone at the junkyard, own that. It isn&#x27;t impossible to build closed cycle incinerators, so let the &quot;rich&quot; countries build those.