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The World’s E-Waste Has Reached a Crisis Point

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The World’s E-Waste Has Reached a Crisis Point

TechnologyEnglish · il y a 8 mois

A new UN report finds that humanity is generating 137 billion pounds of TVs, smartphones, and other e-waste a year—and recycling less than a quarter of it.

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Super expensive. Better to just burn it in low income communities. /s

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