Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago"You should probably just throw it away"poptalk.scrubbles.techimagemessage-square447fedilinkarrow-up11.31Karrow-down114
arrow-up11.3Karrow-down1image"You should probably just throw it away"poptalk.scrubbles.techScrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square447fedilink
minus-squaretherealjcdenton@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·1 day agoRecycling it is actually a very good suggestion
minus-squareScrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 day agoOr reusing, perfectly functional hardware doesn’t need to be gotten rid of
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down5·1 day agoYou know this stuff isn’t actually recycled, right? It just ends up in a giant toxic burn pit in west Africa and then they have kids with small hands pick through the smoldering wreckage looking for blobs of metals.
minus-squarestarlinguk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·1 day agoUm, no. Love, somewhere with actual regulations.
minus-squarefossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 hours agoLmao my sweet summer child
minus-squarebeastlykings@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 day agoRegulations cost money. African labor is cheap. Don’t worry, the market will sort it out…
minus-squaredownhomechunk@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoThere are charities around me that take old laptops, put chromeOS on them and give to low income folks.
minus-squareAmon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoGive it to me and it won’t take a single joule of energy to recycle plus it’s still useful
Recycling it is actually a very good suggestion
Or reusing, perfectly functional hardware doesn’t need to be gotten rid of
You know this stuff isn’t actually recycled, right? It just ends up in a giant toxic burn pit in west Africa and then they have kids with small hands pick through the smoldering wreckage looking for blobs of metals.
Um, no. Love, somewhere with actual regulations.
Lmao my sweet summer child
Regulations cost money. African labor is cheap. Don’t worry, the market will sort it out…
There are charities around me that take old laptops, put chromeOS on them and give to low income folks.
Give it to me and it won’t take a single joule of energy to recycle plus it’s still useful