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The World’s E-Waste Has Reached a Crisis Point
(www.wired.com)
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this post was submitted on 21 Mar 2024
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And that is exactly why we need more regulation on this area, because it's NOT sustainable right now.
This was why the EU made it mandatory to use USB-C, so we only need few chargers for everything in our home. This alone were tons of e-waste reduced each year.
We need this thinking in other areas too.