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Vapes, chargers, and other “invisible” e-waste are a 9-million-ton problem. (www.theverge.com)
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Vapes, chargers, and other “invisible” e-waste are a 9-million-ton problem.::Chargers, vapes, and other small electronics make up millions of tons of “invisible” e-waste each year. Recycling them could recover billions of dollars worth of precious materials.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

While they could and should do better, this seems like another paper straw argument to shift blame to consumers. It’s all our fault for not recycling coke cans.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

A problem that could be solved overnight by legislation. And yet, the consumers are to blame.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Something like the lead acid battery laws that make those batteries the most recycled item.

Force sellers to accept all the dead ones and create a mandatory recycling regime.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

In some countries theirs already pickups so the logistics for all of this is already done.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I get your point but coke cans are efficient to recycle - aluminum takes more energy to create new than to recycle. Plastics have something like 2% recycling rates so "coke bottle" makes the point better.