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… "

  • @AA5BEnglish
    1•3 hours ago

    I used to do that too, until mobile devices and the Raspberry Pi and similar started maturing. While I now have many more devices, they use a lot less material and a lot less energy, while also being much more capable than my tables full of museum pieces