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schizoidman@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago

The World’s E-Waste Has Reached a Crisis Point

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The World’s E-Waste Has Reached a Crisis Point

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schizoidman@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago
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A new UN report finds that humanity is generating 137 billion pounds of TVs, smartphones, and other e-waste a year—and recycling less than a quarter of it.
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    Can we just roll it all up in a big ball and shoot it into space on a rocket? That worked great in Futurama… 😉

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      Super expensive. Better to just burn it in low income communities. /s

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      Too many rare earth metals we’ve abused and killed people and destroyed the environment for.

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