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Less than 1/5th of e-waste is actually recycled, and most of it ends up in places with little or no environmental regulation or health and safety protections fo
by KennyBlanken 3y ago
Less than 1/5th of e-waste is actually recycled, and most of it ends up in places with little or no environmental regulation or health and safety protections for workers.
And that's the stuff that makes it into the e-waste stream. Most of it just gets tossed in the garbage with everything else.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVnu0doouJI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVnu0doouJI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axYKPbr9_MA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axYKPbr9_MA
- graphe 3y agoRealistically what would you recycle them into? Art pieces and using old components for your legacy or simple electronics for reuse and then what? Besides maybe melting it for the trace amounts of metal, I don't see any use for recycled electronics.
- adamomada 3y agoSaw where ewaste goes in Ontario at least – a 20 ft deep hole in the ground at the dump