What Happens to Australia's E-Waste 78
lukehopewell1 writes "Aussies recycle several million tonnes of computers, TVs, mobile phones and other e-waste every year, with the number set to skyrocket over the next decade. ZDNet Australia takes an extended look into what happens to your devices when you're done with them. Take a peek inside the e-waste recycling process and find out what happens to your tech when it goes off to the wreckers."
Re:I hate that sort of terminology (Score:0, Funny)
your epost ereply to the orginal eparent makes no esense!
Re:I hate that sort of terminology (Score:3, Funny)
Aussies recycle several million gigabytes of emails, images, configuration files, and other e-waste every year, with the number set to skyrocket over the next decade. ZDNet Australia takes an extended look into what happens to your bits when you're done with them. Take a peek inside the e-waste recycling process and find out what happens to your data when it gets unlinked.
It's taking up space... (Score:4, Funny)
They die and go to Ebay... (Score:3, Funny)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1127908/quotes?qt0444362 [imdb.com]
Re:It's taking up space... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Article Format (Score:5, Funny)
I belive the website is made from 100% recycled ewaste.
Re:I hate that sort of terminology (Score:3, Funny)
Keep up-to-date grandpa. I think today's hip term is 'virtual'. So in this instance your email trash should be called 'virtual waste'...I like how that works on more than one level too
Call it what you want - just stay off my lawn!
Re:Article Format (Score:2, Funny)
(apologies to Monica)
Re:In "real life" it goes to the Third World (Score:3, Funny)
What's to stop people just dumping it on the street at night?
Snipers. Lots and lots of snipers.
But the real question is: Why whould people dump e-waste in the street instead on in their regular garbage bag?
And the answer to that is also Snipers. Or MAGMA! Yes, definitively the answer is MAGMA!
Re:I hate that sort of terminology (Score:1, Funny)
Yes. Its the same as e-Waste but you won't be able to remove the batteries.