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[UK] Nearly half a billion small tech items thrown away (www.bbc.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

If you got paid for instead of paying for tech recycling, and it was more commonly available, people might recycle their electronics more often.

Here, you have to not only wait for a time limited program to roll around maybe once a year (but no guarantees), you also have to pay a (non-insignifigant) fee for them to take your shit.

You could be fined for throwing such items in the regular trash, but afaik, it's not actually enforced.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Sir this is the internet, there is no "here"