U.N. agencies have warned that waste from electronics is piling up worldwide while recycling rates remain low and are likely to fall even further.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13401615

Something that should be considered when buying your micromobility device: Try to get something that will last and not end up as trash.

  • umbrella@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    9 months ago

    not even made to be used without the express consent of the overlords sometimes.

    • jabjoe@feddit.ukEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      Yep. It’s a terrible state of affairs from some many angles. Law makes need to wake up and see how badly the market is failing and then regulated.

      • umbrella@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        9 months ago

        sadly at this point i think well have to rebel to see common sense stuff like this happening any time soon

        • jabjoe@feddit.ukEnglish
          1·
          9 months ago

          Right to repair laws, and the open hardware, and open source movements, are our best hope.

          • umbrella@lemmy.mlEnglish
            1·
            9 months ago

            i know. the point i made is that they wont pass good laws, or open source anything that matters without being forced to.

            • jabjoe@feddit.ukEnglish
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              9 months ago

              I see right to repair as the thin edge of the wedge, and it is being driven into cracks. The is good movement for this in the US and the EU. France has a repairability index. It will take time, but in the end openness will win out because it is just better. Part of the way of forcing the issue is copyleft. So much out there is already built on open and closed the last mile. Good example of copyleft doing it’s thing is in 3D printers, for example : https://github.com/SoftFever/OrcaSlicer

              • umbrella@lemmy.mlEnglish
                1·
                9 months ago

                i wish!

                eventually the suits will start pushing back. and most of these getting passed are (to my knowledge) actually hamful if you get to the nuts and bolts.

                • jabjoe@feddit.ukEnglish
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                  9 months ago

                  Suits aren’t evil. I mean I’m they aren’t good either, but all they care about is money. They push for closed because that is where the money is, but they have no resolve on anything. Law makers either try and follow experts or money.

                  To the extent either believe anything, they believe the IP lie and thus don’t see the tragedy of the commons they advocate.

                  Open however has passion, and is technically correct. (The best kind of correct.)

                  Little by little, we’ll keep winning out. Right to repair is an important front, but so is digital rights, privacy and competition.

                  • umbrella@lemmy.mlEnglish
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                    9 months ago

                    caring about money above all sounds pretty evil to me.

                    and the result in this case is the OP article… at the end they make more money from wasting materials, and wont allow this to be fixed if they have the power to do so.