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Aerotank2099 t1_j52wgn6 wrote

Reply to comment by bad13wolf in Bloomberg: Amazon Packages Burn in India, Final Stop in Broken Recycling System. Plastic wrappers and parcels that start off in Americans’ recycling bins end up at illegal dumpsites and industrial furnaces — and inside the lungs of people by ombx

You are incorrect about electronics. Some of the smaller plastic pieces probably follow the same pattern as the story here, but there is a lot of value in electronics: precious metals, copper, aluminum, steel. There is a whole industry of electronics recyclers who disassemble them and sell the valuable parts and pieces. There is some waste for sure, but it is definitely not all and likely not even most.

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bad13wolf t1_j52x07w wrote

It is now but the massive pile of electronics I've seen them make incredible shit with. It's definitely a thing and I wouldn't be surprised if it still is on some level.

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