Some Takeaways:
- What happens when electronics show up… they become co-mingled with all the other waste like metal, glass, plastic
- At the recycling center there are a series of technology that sort out the different materials that then get sold to the smelters
- With an electronic products, there’s no technology that sorts it out from the mix
- If it accidentally gets in the mix the consequences are dangerous
- Especially with batteries, fires can occur at the center if they are mixed in
- Other problems that happens when electronics get mixed into the waste batch
- Electronics are going to waste —> negative consequences when they go to landfills and incinerators
- If it ends up in a waste bail (tightly compressed cubes), they bail up the waste and the electronic ends up going to incinerator
- What happens if the electronic ends up the waste pile? Need to know specifics!
E-Cycle: The Making & Discarding of Electronics 