Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours ago"You should probably just throw it away"poptalk.scrubbles.techimagemessage-square304fedilinkarrow-up1935arrow-down110
arrow-up1925arrow-down1image"You should probably just throw it away"poptalk.scrubbles.techScrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours agomessage-square304fedilink
minus-squaretherealjcdenton@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·7 hours agoRecycling it is actually a very good suggestion
minus-squareScrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·6 hours agoOr reusing, perfectly functional hardware doesn’t need to be gotten rid of
minus-squaredownhomechunk@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 hours agoThere are charities around me that take old laptops, put chromeOS on them and give to low income folks.
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down5·6 hours agoYou know this stuff isn’t actually recycled, right? It just ends up in a giant toxic burn pit in west Africa and then they have kids with small hands pick through the smoldering wreckage looking for blobs of metals.
minus-squarestarlinguk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·5 hours agoUm, no. Love, somewhere with actual regulations.
minus-squarebeastlykings@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·5 hours agoRegulations cost money. African labor is cheap. Don’t worry, the market will sort it out…
minus-squareAmon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 hours agoGive it to me and it won’t take a single joule of energy to recycle plus it’s still useful
Recycling it is actually a very good suggestion
Or reusing, perfectly functional hardware doesn’t need to be gotten rid of
There are charities around me that take old laptops, put chromeOS on them and give to low income folks.
You know this stuff isn’t actually recycled, right? It just ends up in a giant toxic burn pit in west Africa and then they have kids with small hands pick through the smoldering wreckage looking for blobs of metals.
Um, no. Love, somewhere with actual regulations.
Regulations cost money. African labor is cheap. Don’t worry, the market will sort it out…
Give it to me and it won’t take a single joule of energy to recycle plus it’s still useful