Honest_Blueberry5884
Honest_Blueberry5884 t1_itvx9o0 wrote
Reply to UCI study finds 53 percent jump in e-waste greenhouse gas emissions between 2014, 2020 | Researchers urge extension of electronic devices’ useful life to cut carbon dioxide creation by Exastiken
> Researchers found that flat-screen TVs were associated with the highest emissions, with about 41 percent of total cumulative emissions, followed by laptops and tablets, flat-screen computer monitors, desktop computers, mobile phones, computer accessories, printers, and gaming consoles.
The irony being that most of these electronic devices have pretty significant useful lifespans today, it’s just their producers demanding yearly upgrades in an unstoppable quest for revenue growth.
Honest_Blueberry5884 t1_itwuif8 wrote
Reply to comment by yoda_jedi_council in UCI study finds 53 percent jump in e-waste greenhouse gas emissions between 2014, 2020 | Researchers urge extension of electronic devices’ useful life to cut carbon dioxide creation by Exastiken
They actually are made to last. Their batteries are consumable but that’s an easy fix (part of the thing I’m talking, companies pushing new devices over new batteries).
> processes are on purpose making it hard to repair them.
There is some truth to this.