Plan of solicits, the desire on the part of a consumer to own something a little newer,
a little sooner than is necessary.
Newer is better.
In with the next thing and out with the old TV, phone or computer.
All of this becomes obsolete electronic garbage called e-waste.
It's a plasma TV, and it doesn't have all that hazardous material.
So this one here makes us money, this one we have to charge.
You know your eyes is the most important thing you got, and once they're gone, they just
gone, that's all.
You never want to get them back, no way.
Now your mama's always right, and as soon as we get this new bulb into this lamp, the
better we're going to be.
In the 1920s, light bulbs lasted 2,500 hours, today they last only 1,000 hours, what happened?
They time those things, they time them, so when you finally pay for them, they're used
up.
Almost like a setting.
A whole new concept of television, Crosley Ultra Fidelity TV with family theater screen.
Cabinets styled to match the beauty of your home, wide angle viewing screen to avoid furniture
shifting, you see clear undistorted pictures from any viewing angle.
You are exposing yourself to a lot of heavy metals, and these heavy metals cause a wide
range of cancer, organ cancer basically, lungs, kidneys, they cause almost a reprobable
damage to your health.
I come here very often to monitor the situation, document, talk to people here.
We need to stop the illegal shipments of e-waste, and we need evidence, we need photos, we need
these images to inform the international community.
Remember Tonka toys are great fun, you really like them.
They are very simple, very simple, give them action, they are all about the world.
They are all about the world, they are all about the world, they are all about the world.
What's inside it?
Lead, cadmium, mercury, chromium, polyvinyl, chlorides, all of these materials have known
toxicological effects that range from brain damage to kidney disease to mutations, cancers.
And obsolescence is not only about deceiving the consumer, it also threatens the planet
through a constant stream of toxic waste.
Posterity will never forgive us, posterity will suddenly find out about the throw away
lifestyles of people in the advanced countries.
It's unbelievably acrid and choking.
What are we seeing here?
This is an ash river, this is the detritus from burning all this material, this is what
the kids get to play in.
Can we free ourselves from the tyranny of planned obsolescence?
Can we free ourselves from the tyranny of planned obsolescence?
