"Anwar’s job, scrounging for discarded electronics in [Nigerian] Ikeja Computer Village, one of the world’s biggest and most hectic marketplaces for used, repaired, and refurbished electronic products… "
Idk, I’m more into re-using. Old pc? A home server! Old laptop? A home server! Old phone? You guessed it, a home server! Alternatively, I can give 'em to a friend/relative if they happen to need one. And FUBAR stuff goes into its own bin in case I need spare components.
Totally. Most people are surprised at how little compute you need to make something useful if you put the right OS/software on it.
Yeah, it’s super attractive until you realize the current conditions we can technologically handle that. It’s dangerous slave labor.
Good luck selling that to the era of kids working a MacDonald’s.
Haven’t had a chance to read the article, but my take from the summary is that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
In other words, proper e-waste management, and more of it. A lot just gets tossed in landfills or sent to third world countries (to get tossed in their landfills).
Really the onus of this should be on the manufacturer. I don’t think any product should be brought to market without knowing cradle-to-grave where it came from and where it will go (and paying for proper disposal, as well).
I keep thinking I have some bitcoin sitting on my dad’s old laptop somewhere
