A $60 billion-a-year climate solution is sitting in our junk drawers
www.motherjones.com
In rich nations, just a fraction of e-waste is mined for critical metals. We’re going to have to up our game.

"Anwar’s job, scrounging for discarded electronics in [Nigerian] Ikeja Computer Village, one of the world’s biggest and most hectic marketplaces for used, repaired, and refurbished electronic products… "

  • @just_another_personEnglish
    22•1 month ago

    Yeah, it’s super attractive until you realize the current conditions we can technologically handle that. It’s dangerous slave labor.

    Good luck selling that to the era of kids working a MacDonald’s.

    • @[email protected]English
      2•1 month ago

      Haven’t had a chance to read the article, but my take from the summary is that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

      In other words, proper e-waste management, and more of it. A lot just gets tossed in landfills or sent to third world countries (to get tossed in their landfills).

      Really the onus of this should be on the manufacturer. I don’t think any product should be brought to market without knowing cradle-to-grave where it came from and where it will go (and paying for proper disposal, as well).