"Anwar’s job, scrounging for discarded electronics in [Nigerian] Ikeja Computer Village, one of the world’s biggest and most hectic marketplaces for used, repaired, and refurbished electronic products… "
Yeah, it’s super attractive until you realize the current conditions we can technologically handle that. It’s dangerous slave labor.
Good luck selling that to the era of kids working a MacDonald’s.
Haven’t had a chance to read the article, but my take from the summary is that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
In other words, proper e-waste management, and more of it. A lot just gets tossed in landfills or sent to third world countries (to get tossed in their landfills).
Really the onus of this should be on the manufacturer. I don’t think any product should be brought to market without knowing cradle-to-grave where it came from and where it will go (and paying for proper disposal, as well).
Sure I’ll take the bait: You realize you’re posting to a platform largely hosted on Linux machines likely from a Linux-based or UNIX-based mobile device. 🥴
You should work with the administrator of !linuxsucks@lemmy.world
This dude sure like collecting downvotes.
I thought Nigeria wasn’t cool with necrmancers?
I keep thinking I have some bitcoin sitting on my dad’s old laptop somewhere
