Monday, July 28, 2014

Extraction of Tin is decimating the Indonesia island of Bangka

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A remote island of the Indonesian archipelago is being gutted of its forests and resources due to the exploration of Tin, used to manufacture millions of cell phones, computers and tablets. Most of the Tin extraction on the island of Bangka is illegal and made dangerously. However, nobody seems to be doing nothing to stop it.

The island is being butchered by excavation sites and are left only small patches of forest, creating a devastating craters scenario.

Tin mining is the main activity of the inhabitants of this island, they begin to work on mineralogical exploration since very young. Workers are subject to health problems and being arrested for operating illegal, says the Guardian. Still, the small amounts of Tin that remove soil from Bangka yield more than fishing or farming.

The Bangka Tin finish, eventually, as weld on millions of mobile phones, computers and other electronic devices in Europe, United States and Asia, since the big brands have little or no control as to the provenance of the Tin they use in their equipment.

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