U.N. agencies have warned that waste from electronics is piling up worldwide while recycling rates remain low and are likely to fall even further.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13401615

Something that should be considered when buying your micromobility device: Try to get something that will last and not end up as trash.

    • jabjoe@feddit.ukEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Not made to be reused, not made to be repaired and not made to be recycled.

        • jabjoe@feddit.ukEnglish
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          1 year ago

          Yep. It’s a terrible state of affairs from some many angles. Law makes need to wake up and see how badly the market is failing and then regulated.

            • jabjoe@feddit.ukEnglish
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              1 year ago

              Right to repair laws, and the open hardware, and open source movements, are our best hope.

                • jabjoe@feddit.ukEnglish
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                  1 year ago

                  I see right to repair as the thin edge of the wedge, and it is being driven into cracks. The is good movement for this in the US and the EU. France has a repairability index. It will take time, but in the end openness will win out because it is just better. Part of the way of forcing the issue is copyleft. So much out there is already built on open and closed the last mile. Good example of copyleft doing it’s thing is in 3D printers, for example : https://github.com/SoftFever/OrcaSlicer