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> ship them to a developing country or somewhere else Wouldn't it be worse for the planet? First - shipping these across the globe is also destroying the plane
by usaphp 6y ago
> ship them to a developing country or somewhere else
Wouldn't it be worse for the planet? First - shipping these across the globe is also destroying the planet. Secondly - many developing countries are not really recycling old electronics, they just dump them into the wasteland, which makes it even worse for the planet.
- searchableguy 6y agoDeveloped countries are worse. They don't recycle or reuse. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/03/china-has-stopped-accepting-our-trash/584131/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/03/china...
- ictebres 6y agoYeah, lets not have them have the same luxuries as us so that they do not repeat our mistakes. \s
- bluejekyll 6y agoI think the parent comment meant that those countries could use the old phones, not recycle them—refurbish and resell.