The Pernicious Side of Electronics: The Growing Problem of E-waste - One Green Planet - 0 views
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E-waste produces tonnes of toxic waste each year
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In 2022, it was predicted that as many as 2.13 billion PCs, tablets, and mobile phones were shipped worldwide
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more aesthetically pleasing than before. Often, these shortcuts make devices harder to recycle at the end of their lives.
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Local infrastructure needs to be improved to help consumers easily recycle electronic goods instead of hoarding or unsafely discarding them
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. Designers must figure out how to create products that are both beautiful and can endure far longer
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The article "the pernicious side of electronics: the growing problem of e-waste," discusses e-waste and what we can do as a community to eliminate the issue. E-waste produces tonnes of toxic waste each year and it was predicted that within the last year around 2.13 billion PCS, tables, and cellphones were shipped worldwide. To eliminate this issue moving forward we must increase education on the harmful impacts of e-waste, improve designs for more sustainable electronic devices, and upgrade infrastructure where the consumer is able to recycle electronic goods safely.