$60 Billion Potential Hiding in Your Discarded Gadgets (www.motherjones.com)

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"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.... "

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[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks 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

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