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> Apple Watch, Android Wear, Pebble, and now Watchy... All these devices will be e-waste in 30 years (most in less than 10). It is interesting, given the amoun
by Alupis 6y ago
> Apple Watch, Android Wear, Pebble, and now Watchy... All these devices will be e-waste in 30 years (most in less than 10).
It is interesting, given the amount of environmental concerns people have over cow flatulates, plastic bags, straws, etc... that nobody seems concerned about these obviously short-lifetime hunks of non-biodegradable/non-recyclable plastics, rubber, silicone, rare earth metals, and worse.
All the environmentalists that scream at others for putting a can in the wrong bin, yet buy a new Apple Watch every release cycle...
- wsinks 6y agoYeah, I recently realized this and am now on a much more streamlined technology (and most products) diet. It definitely sucks because I feel like I'm always missing out on stuff, but it no longer feels right.
- barbs 6y agoCurious - what is your streamlined technology/product diet? Personally I buy most stuff second-hand if I can. I'm obviously not on the bleeding edge product-wise, but I'm fine with that.
- tinus_hn 6y agoYou can give your Apple Watch to Apple and they’ll recycle the parts for you. Besides, I don’t think it makes a lot of sense to compare the lifetime of an Apple Watch to that of a plastic straw.
- Alupis 6y agoWhy not? The plastic straw doesn't require rare earth metals, anywhere near as much plastic, silicone and other materials. Besides, it's been shown time and time again, eWaste is largely a farce, with majority of components being sent directly to landfills. Ounce per ounce, thousands of plastic straws are far better for the environment than a single Apple Watch.
- marcinzm 6y agoAn apple watch will end up in a landfill where it will lie for millenia harming nothing. Some of those plastic straws will get into the ocean, local parks, streams and on where they will harm wildlife. Landfills are not the worst thing in existence.
- Alupis 6y agoThe plastic straw thing was made up by a 4th grader[1]. And it's well documented the ocean plastic problem is almost exclusively from fishing equipment [2]. [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/19/business/plastic-straws-ban-fact-check-nyt.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/19/business/plastic-straws-b... [2] https://www.oceanographicmagazine.com/news/ghost-gear-greenpeace/ https://www.oceanographicmagazine.com/news/ghost-gear-greenp...