$60 Billion Potential Hiding in Your Discarded Gadgets - eviltoast
A $60 billion-a-year climate solution is sitting in our junk drawers
www.motherjones.com
In rich nations, just a fraction of e-waste is mined for critical metals. We’re going to have to up our game.

"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… "

  • intensely_human@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 days ago

    This is very true. I cleaned up an old Game Boy I hadn’t played in decades, and sold it on eBay for $60 billion.