Source: China Daily

03-30-2009 11:49

Officials in Guiyu of Guangdong province were baffled last fall when "60 Minutes" reported that the village of Guiyu was drowning in toxic e-waste.

A migrant child from Henan province plays a piece of e-waste in Guiyu.

"This is an entire village of electronic components," marveled CBS correspondent Scott Pelley. "It's the most amazing thing!"

The report was amazing to local officials because many of the practices it exposed had been outlawed since 2005.

Also, it wasn't Guiyu.

"Guiyu has been dealing with the pollution problem since 2000. These efforts were re-doubled in 2005, when Guiyu was named a 'pilot town' for recycling by the National Development and Reform Commission," Lian Wuming, head of the Guiyu township government, told China Business Weekly last week. "These effort have paid off," he said.