Electronic Recycling is No Easy Row to Hoe: Part One
E-cycling is saddled by a laundry list of potential risks, and it’s energy-intensive, challenging processors to run a safe, low-emissions operation while trying to get on top of a stream that inflates by 2.5 million tons each year, by estimates of the World Economic Forum.Electronics contain toxic elements (arsenic, lead, and/or mercury among them). Lithium-ion […]