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@boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year ago

E-waste is growing 5x faster than it's recycled, says UN

www.theregister.com

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E-waste is growing 5x faster than it's recycled, says UN

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@boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year ago
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Right to Repair should be the Obligation to Repair, if we want to avoid drowning in trashed electronics
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    Because it’s a PITA to recycle e-waste, at least where I live in the US. My municipality charges extra to drop off e-waste, and they only have a few days a year where they have dropoff at the local transfer center to get rid of e-waste.

    Hope you have the day off and the cash to pay to get rid of whatever it is.

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      • @RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
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        I’ll have to check that out, I assume it’s for a fee? Thanks.

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          They’ll take. most of the stuff they take, for free: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/services/recycling/pcmcat149900050025.c?id=pcmcat149900050025

          Staples also has a good recycling program: https://www.staples.com/stores/recycling

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            Thank you.

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      I used to live in a county where it was incredibly easy. Just pull into their clean transfer center and they’ll take it out of your trunk for you. Not just e-waste, but toxic stuff like paint and motor oil. And it was paid for by a very small tax increase.

      But now that I live in a different county I have to drop off my electronics between 9 and 3 on a weekday, and there is no mechanism for me to dispose of toxic household waste.

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        a very small tax increase

        That was likely painted as killing your children and causing hellfire to rain down on your home, if some political ads are to be believed. And that’s the actual issue at the heart of everything: if a corporation can’t make obscene amounts of profit doing it, it won’t get done.

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      i mean, hell, it’s a PITA to recycle in the US in general. Our nearest recycling center is a middle school 20 minutes from where we live.

      Once that’s gone? Who knows!

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