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> I'm still not convinced that phone and laptop ewaste is a real problem. I don't throw away phones or computers myself either, but a cursory Googling should b
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> I'm still not convinced that phone and laptop ewaste is a real problem.
I don't throw away phones or computers myself either, but a cursory Googling should be informative. From what I understand, it's a lot of "out of sight, out of mind" in wealthy countries.
- frollogaston 1y agoSupposedly an average American throws away 1800lb per year, 46lb of which is ewaste, but that includes TVs and such. I can get upset about TV ewaste because those "smart" features are self-destructing otherwise good ones, and they're big. I had a new 70" Vizio TV get stuck in a permanent bootloop after 2.5 years.