What is the legal loophole in the Basel Convention?
The legal loophole in the Basel Convention would be, that whole products can be dumped into other states or into other countries, and then be recycled inappropriately in those other countries because labor's cheaper. For instance, child labor's cheaper in China, Vietnam, or Mexico. Now you have children dismantling electronics or you have the processes and procedures, even if they're being done by adults, to be flawed and the hazardous materials getting into the people doing it. So the bottom line is, let's cut out dumping whole materials, whole products, into third world countries or emerging nations. Stop the export of whole products and just allow the export of commodities such as crushed glass, baled plastic, or aggregated metals. That's the best way to end the legal loophole that exists today.