[geeks] What's going on in Japan

[velociraptor]

On 2/23/06, Phil Stracchino <phil.stracchino at speakeasy.net> wrote:
> Lionel Peterson wrote:
> >
> > What are the Japanese thinking with this one? A law forbidding the sale
of
> electronics over 5 years old? I thought the typical island mentality was to
> conserve resources...
> >
> > link to original story:
> >
>
http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/22/japan-bans-old-electronics-as-of-april-1/
>
> Japan is the land of gomi, remember.  You throw out all your old
> electronics when the new model comes out.

Given what I heard about gomi, if there was some way to easily get it off
the islands, you could *definitely* make a living eBaying all that stuff.
Problem is, in Japan proper--no where to put it.

I know an ex-Army guy who was stationed in Japan for a while--a bunch
of his household stuff (laquerware, etc) came direct from the gomi piles.

=Nadine=