Alex Lin Activist

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This essay is about Alex Lin, who is an activist.An activist is a person who fights for a cause or problem.There is a very famous one, his name is Martin Luther King Jr. This isn't about just any type of activist, but a teen activists. Alex Lin fights for more people to refurbish computers or electronics. He started with just his friends and refurbished computers recycled them.The more he worked the more he refurbished. E-waste is the fastest growing section in U.S. trash system.All electronics contain some kind of hazardous chemicals.It's kind of sad because electronic use has increased by a tremendous amount and not many are doing much about it."I don't see anything uncommon in it" says Alex Lin. Alex Lin first

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