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Our Phone Habits and the Environment
It's Complicated
The Impact of Electronic Waste on Consumers
As devices are becoming thinner and designed you know not to be repaired we're seeing a lot of the more repairable aspects of designs and laptops going away. You used to be able to swap a battery out of your old Nokia phone or your laptop pretty easily but manufacturers argue that consumers want thinner devices, which is what they get. I think people are more aware of the global impact of electronic waste. The US is getting rid of 150 million smartphones a year and global e-waste productionists are passing 15 million metric tons of 50 million metric tons every year. It's very difficult to properly recycle or to get these electronics into the hands of people they need them so when you turn in your
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