A $60 billion-a-year climate solution is sitting in our junk drawers
www.motherjones.com
In rich nations, just a fraction of e-waste is mined for critical metals. We’re going to have to up our game.

"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… "

  • just_another_person@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Yeah, it’s super attractive until you realize the current conditions we can technologically handle that. It’s dangerous slave labor.

    Good luck selling that to the era of kids working a MacDonald’s.