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yeah right... a snazzy looking robot my arse.. more like children in China and India sitting in squaller pulling them apart by hand, burning the plastic by hand
by basicplus2 10y ago
yeah right... a snazzy looking robot my arse.. more like children in China and India sitting in squaller pulling them apart by hand, burning the plastic by hand and sniffing it to determine the plastic type..
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone_recycling https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone_recycling
"Because the U.S has not ratified the Basel Convention or its Ban Amendment, and has no domestic laws forbidding the export of toxic waste, the Basel Action Network estimates that about 80% of the electronic waste directed to recycling in the U.S. does not get recycled there at all, but is put on container ships and sent to countries such as China.[6][7][8][9] Guiyu in the Shantou region of China, and Delhi and Bangalore in India, have electronic waste processing areas.[6][10][11]"
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/05/30/world/asia/china-electronic-waste-e-waste/index.html http://edition.cnn.com/2013/05/30/world/asia/china-electroni...
- e12e 10y agoSpeaking of old articles, I came across this on iPhone (and other electronic) recycling from 2012: http://www.cnet.com/news/the-environmental-pitfalls-at-the-end-of-an-iphones-life/ http://www.cnet.com/news/the-environmental-pitfalls-at-the-e... Would be interesting to see a real follow-up, rather than just some PR-numbers from Apple.