Vapes, chargers, and other “invisible” e-waste are a 9-million-ton problem
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There’s a gold mine in e-waste from small electronics.

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.

  • @witheyeandclaw@lemmy.worldEnglish
    20•9 months ago

    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.

    • @Rooty@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6•9 months ago

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

      • @Cort@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3•9 months 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.

    • @Fedizen@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2•9 months 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.