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Nothing really new.. I've seen this happening 20 years ago at smaller scale. Problem is these people often dumped every other natural resource that was not wor
by GekkePrutser 5y ago
Nothing really new.. I've seen this happening 20 years ago at smaller scale.
Problem is these people often dumped every other natural resource that was not worth as much.. I hope that won't happen here. Edit: According to the article they will recycle less popular elements as well. I hope so...
- rwmj 5y agoI distinctly remember a TV programme from the 1980s which mentioned the large gold content (probably larger back then) of electronics and how companies were recycling it. Nothing new at all.
- GekkePrutser 5y agoIt definitely was larger yes. Almost every contact was gold-plated back then. And thicker too. Part of this was necessity, due to everything being analog signal noise ratios were a lot more important. Gold stops contacts from oxidising. But electronics are also produced in a much more minimalist way, both to conserve cost and materials (these being good things) but also because they don't care if it lasts beyond the warranty period. The latter is obviously a bad thing. In the 1980s if your TV broke you'd go to a repairman, you wouldn't buy a new one. It's kind of crazy how we've come to accept electronics only lasting 2-3 years.