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Monday, November 28, 2011

In China, concerns grow over environmental costs of Apple products

Green activists in China target alleged Apple suppliers

Neither Kaedar nor Apple would talk about the factory. Behind the scenes, though, Apple met with environmentalists like Ma Jun, one of the authors of the pollution report and one of China's best-known activists. Apple's supply chain managers told Ma the company audited nearly a dozen of its suppliers. They showed him a power point presentation of their findings: improper wastewater treatment, bad hazardous storage practices, things like that. But...






An alleyway in Tongxin village is lined with refuse. Around 150 people live in Tongxin village.
- Rob Schmitz/Marketplace

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