50M metric tonnes of e-waste = 125,000 jumbo jets ✈️
That's how much e-waste is produced each year. Find out what you can do about it from @UNEnvironment: bit.ly/2wFjOlX
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Hand over production and sales opportunities to every human family rather companies to avoid e-waste. Computers & satellites are for monopoly.
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We need devices to be repairable and we need to use our devices for longer. Upgrade 'cycles' are just a sales gimmick. Use devices until theyre beyond repair, then recycle. No landfill or incineration! Better to give away a worthless (but functional) device than scrap it
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We should also start talking about data waste. Terabytes of data nobody is taking care of, being stored forever in cloud solutions.
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send me all your waste phones PCs and laptops theres enough reclaimable gold in them to make it more than worth the effort, E-waste is easily recyclable
