I taught the Iliad to Chinese teenagers

Re:I taught the Iliad to Chinese teenagers by ipsum2 on Sunday February 18, 2024 @11:22PM (#39426199)

Gold is definitely not discarded, it's usually recycled out of electronics.

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Re:I taught the Iliad to Chinese teenagers by defrost on Sunday February 18, 2024 @11:46PM (#39426314)

Out of the electronics that are recycled, sure.

Currently thats less than 20% of the electronic waste generated.

    Annual e-waste generation:

    The world generated 53.6 Mt of e-waste in 2019. That's an average of 7.3 kg per capita.

    The amount of e-waste generated is expected to grow at about 3.5% per year and will reach 74.7 Mt by 2030.

    E-waste recycling rate: In 2019 only 17.4% of the e-waste was collected and recycled.

from: https://blog.emew.com/global-e-waste-statistics (unverified by cross check, literally a first hit on search)

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Re:I taught the Iliad to Chinese teenagers by hnbad on Monday February 19, 2024 @04:11AM (#39427592)

Also as far as I'm aware most of the electronics recycling happens in underdeveloped countries, often by literally shoving circuit boards into vats of acid. There's money in e-recycling but it doesn't justify the expenses of doing it in a more sophisticated way than that, especially one that requires paying workers a reasonable wage and maintaining workplace safety requirements.

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