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E-waste is growing 5x faster than it's recycled, says UN (www.theregister.com)

submitted 7 months ago by boem@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] treefrog@lemm.ee 17 points 7 months ago (1 children)

If you have Best Buys they have e-waste recycling available year round. It doesn't really solve the problem though, it just ships it off to poorer countries.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I’ll have to check that out, I assume it’s for a fee? Thanks.

[–] Dark_Arc@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

They'll take. most of the stuff they take, for free: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/services/recycling/pcmcat149900050025.c?id=pcmcat149900050025

Staples also has a good recycling program: https://www.staples.com/stores/recycling

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Thank you.

[–] treefrog@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It's free. I believe, Best Buy packages it all up and ships it to China. I believe Chinese companies pay for the waste, and then pay very poor people to pick through it for valuable (and toxic) metals. A lot of the metals etc. end up in the groundwater. In other words, it's still mostly pollution, but dropping it off at Best Buy makes it someone else's pollution...

Not sure how to feel about all of it to be honest. I still recycle at Best Buy, but it's kinda like recycling plastic in the municipal recycling, I know most of it ends up in the garbage, and thus as pollution, ultimately. But I still put it where it's 'supposed' to go.