23 Jul
2007
23 Jul
'07
4:56 a.m.
Anyone know how much that buys you in the grand scheme
of things? It uses
resources to move dead devices around, strip them to component parts, then
move things like PCBs elsewhere for final materials reclaimation -
particularly if the scheme involves something really dumb like shipping them
by boat halfway around the world. I suspect the recycling step can actually be
more harmful than burying the old thing locally and building a replacement
from (local) raw materials.
You have no idea how modern electronics recycling works, do you?
--
Will