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Tech companies that sell hardware tend to specialize in making future e-waste.

Can two Amazons survive? Invisible e-waste is poisoning the world https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/can-two-amazons-survive-invisible-e-waste-is-poisoning-the-world/

Can two Amazons survive? Invisible e-waste is poisoning the world
“I live in Accra, Ghana,” says Isaac Dinwe, who works for Closing the Loop, a Dutch NGO that’s seeking to increase recycling in the electronics industry. “The e-waste problem in my country is so huge we are unable to manage it. Most of our e-waste ends up in city centres. Informal workers extract what they […]

"Recyclers Switch from Smelting to Solvents, Recovering Precious Metals from E-waste with Fewer Emissions"
#Recycling #EWaste

Recyclers Switch from Smelting to Solvents, Recovering Precious Metals from E-waste with Fewer Emissions
The UN estimated that some three-fourths of all e-waste didn't enter recycling streams, leaving an estimated $62 billion in metals behind

Recyclers Switch from Smelting to Solvents, Recovering Precious Metals from E-waste with Fewer Emissions https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/recyclers-switch-from-smelting-to-solvents-recovering-precious-metals-fr…

Recyclers Switch from Smelting to Solvents, Recovering Precious Metals from E-waste with Fewer Emissions
The UN estimated that some three-fourths of all e-waste didn't enter recycling streams, leaving an estimated $62 billion in metals behind

I don't think I'm ever going to enjoy gifts.
I can get why people would give them to children. After all, children don't have their own budget. However, I'm talking about occasional gifts, not a new toy every second week, because "we must outcompete the other grandparents". But to adults?
Once I've heard that you should gift people with what they won't buy themselves. Well, that's won't work for me. I'm a minimalist. If I don't need something, I don't want to have it. Unnecessary junk is only emotional burden to me.
I can get why you'd enjoy something handmade. But something people bought? If I need something, I can buy it myself, when I need it. And I definitely don't need people to prove to me that they never cared to learn who I am, and just buy whatever they like or whatever is "fashionable"; which usually means exactly the opposite of what I'd prefer (i.e. something minimalistic). Or even worse, I don't need people manipulating me through gifts.
Sweets? Besides my diabetes, I don't really enjoy expensive shit that people generally buy because it's what's advertised. For the money they waste on it, I'd buy three times as much sweets I'd actually enjoy.
Gift cards? Oh yes, "you aren't supposed to give money, so let's just give the equivalent of money that's actually worth less than money". Actual money? And here we reach the true nonsense; we exchange the same amount of money, so it's just pointless gesture. Unless one of us gives less money…
What I'd really like, as a gift? Maybe that people would finally bother accepting me as who I am. The absolute minimum of caring that I hate consumerism, and not fueling it "for me".
#AntiCapitalism #minimalism #ActuallyAutistic

Green Grid: Smart Tech Meets E-Waste
Yashodip Dharmendra Jagtap, Aaditya Ganesh Bagul
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.08888 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2510.08888

Green Grid: Smart Tech Meets E-Waste
Electronic waste (e-waste) is a rapidly growing global problem caused by shorter device lifecycles and rising consumption. India ranks third globally in e-waste generation, producing over 1.7 million tonnes in 2023-24, of which less than half is formally processed. To address this, we propose Green Grid, an integrated AI-powered e-waste management platform combining IoT-enabled smart collection, AI-based device classification, blockchain-based traceability, and gamified citizen engagement. The …

The End of Windows 10 Support Is an E-Waste Disaster in the Making https://www.404media.co/the-end-of-windows-10-support-is-an-e-waste-disaster-in-the-making/

Cities are capping old landfills to cut methane emissions and turn waste gas into energy.
Ampersand is opening its East Africa battery swap network to all e-motorcycle makers, slashing upfront costs.
In the Sundarbans, women are restoring mangroves that buffer coasts and build incomes.
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Raiders rookie WRs waste their opportunities on Thursday Night Football https://raiderswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/raiders/2025/11/07/raiders-rookie-wrs-waste-their-opportunities-in-tnf-los…

This is just such a waste of money.
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European Commission (@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu)
Attached: 1 image Europe is upping its game in AI. Researchers, innovators & policymakers now have stronger support to shape the future of science. Today we launched two AI strategies to boost EU leadership in scientific innovation: 🥼 AI in Science 🔹Access to AI Factories & Gigafactories 🔹Stronger EU & global cooperation 🔹 Impact on major challenges such as climate change and health 🔬 Apply AI: 🔹Enhances EU tech sovereignty 🔹Targeted actions to boost AI in key secto…

"E-waste recycling in Ghana exposes workers to toxic pollution and health risks"
#Ghana #EWaste #Recycling

E-waste recycling in Ghana exposes workers to toxic pollution and health risks
A University of Michigan study has found that people in Ghana and across the Global South who recycle electronic waste face a difficult paradox: earning livelihoods to ensure survival comes at the cost of severe long-term exposure to toxicity and dramatic environmental pollution.

So we've been using a Neato vacuum robot for years. It works and with cats having the main living areas vacuumed every day was great. Now the company who bought them no longer wants to run the backend cloud service that allows the robot to actually run on a schedule which is the point of the whole operation.
Vorwerk just created a whole lot of e-waste for shits and giggles.