The way I see it, we're dumping 90% of nicely reusable things.

Originally shared by Radoslav Dejanović

The way I see it, we're dumping 90% of nicely reusable things.
Some of that e-waste can't be easily reused, such as circuit boards or wet capacitors (they tend to leak when they age), but there are scores of other electric and electronic components, both passive and active, that could serve us for another couple of years or even decades.
#ecology   #recycling   #electronics  
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/gallery/2016/oct/18/the-e-waste-reduce-waste-old-technology-mountains-in-pictures?utm_source=hackernewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=cutting_room_floor