Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 hours ago"You should probably just throw it away"poptalk.scrubbles.techimagemessage-square293fedilinkarrow-up1874arrow-down110
arrow-up1864arrow-down1image"You should probably just throw it away"poptalk.scrubbles.techScrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 hours agomessage-square293fedilink
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down5·5 hours agoYou know this stuff isn’t actually recycled, right? It just ends up in a giant toxic burn pit in west Africa and then they have kids with small hands pick through the smoldering wreckage looking for blobs of metals.
minus-squarestarlinguk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·3 hours agoUm, no. Love, somewhere with actual regulations.
minus-squarebeastlykings@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 hours agoRegulations cost money. African labor is cheap. Don’t worry, the market will sort it out…
You know this stuff isn’t actually recycled, right? It just ends up in a giant toxic burn pit in west Africa and then they have kids with small hands pick through the smoldering wreckage looking for blobs of metals.
Um, no. Love, somewhere with actual regulations.
Regulations cost money. African labor is cheap. Don’t worry, the market will sort it out…