Designed for the dump...? - Think!

Here is a very interesting video about electronics and ethics that we might study in class one day. But first to understand it better, you will need to read the vocabulary below. Enjoy and report back with your personal opinion about it thanks to the comments if you want to.

Vocabulary help:

a dump = une décharge

my computer is my lifeline to my work, my friends...

the sad remains ... = les restes de ...

Argh! = exclamation when you are exasperated

"Designed for the dump"

(to) sell lots of stuff

(to) throw away -> to put to the dump

unpractical to repair

an 18 months' life

(to) cause a global toxic emergency

places that are hard to monitor = places where you can't control things

miscarriages (when you lose your baby) / kidney cancer = cancer du rein

(to) drift from its place of honor = comparison to say that we don't like it anymore

disposal -> action of putting something to the trash

mountains of waste = lots of trash

to chuck* = to toss to the trash, to get rid of something

pounds of lead = lots of metal (lead is a poisonous metal)

recycling operation

it's anything but green = it's not ecological at all

well-hidden = that you can't see

out of sight and off the accounting books = that are hidden from the law

you did it - you'll deal with it = (to) deal with something = se charger de qqch

CEO = the boss of a company

modular = that you can modulate and replace in parts

these laws need to be protected and strengthened = strength = la force

innovate

a green product = a product that pays attention to the environment