let's talk about waste colonialism waste colonialism is when wealthy nations export their trash to poorer nations for recycling but is it recycling or sending it to be someone else's problem in all fairness the secondhand trade has been able to provide jobs and livelihood for so many people who trade in refurbished phones and laptop ps used cause funny ciara kitchen equipment textile clothing apparel you name it as a climate in waste storyteller and recycler what most people who donate the stuff don't know that they're putting a lot of pressure on an already struggling waste infrastructure and there's so much the environmental injustice that comes with this from contaminated rivers toxic air from burning plastic purported rising cancer rates children with respiratory disorders and just ruined land that is supposed to be growing food to manage this we must stop over production and over consume caption by using repairing repurposing and all that good stuff and let's be equal partners in global waste management that's all thank you share believe inspire blacks be