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97% of waste is industrial? That's pretty shocking to me. I wonder what part of this waste is from production of our cherished technological gadgets and compute
by wladimir 15y ago
97% of waste is industrial? That's pretty shocking to me. I wonder what part of this waste is from production of our cherished technological gadgets and computer equipment, replacing the gadgets of yester-year. Which are generally still working fine, but are replaced by something incrementally better...
- waterlesscloud 15y agoOr commercial in general. Offices, small businesses, etc.
- mason55 15y agoI wonder what part of this waste is from production of our cherished technological gadgets and computer equipment, replacing the gadgets of yester-year If we're talking about waste produced in the US? Probably not a ton. There is a lot of high-tech manufacturing in the US but it's generally industrial components (airplanes, solar cells) that companies keep around until they no longer work. There's not much in the way of consumer electronics manufactured in the US. Now if you want to talk worldwide...
- wladimir 15y agoI mean worldwide. Excluding the waste caused by production (in China, Taiwan, etc) of things consumed in the western world would be a more than a bit hypocritical.