
Rerun: E-Waste and What To Do With It
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Electronics and Recycling in the 21st Century
developing nations have it fairly rough. These are the countries that did not benefit from gradually developing this technology and building out an infra structure to support it. And so they aren't able to deal with the consequences as readily as the rest of the world, which has kind of grown into this. There is also an issue with developing countries accepting e waste for recycling purposes. If there are few protections in place, and a recycling center is not following careful protocols, the process of recycling can be very harmful to the environment,. As well as really the people who are working at that facility and for the surrounding population.
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