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From: "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Burning old TVs to survive: The toxic trade in electrical waste
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2024 22:48:06 +0100
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On 2024-12-02 18:30, Ralph Mowery wrote:
> In article <4950251152.1f610978@uninhabited.net>, roger@hayter.org
> says...
>>
>> This is wildly untrue. What makes things "throw away" is that we can make them
>> so cheaply that the labour to repair them is too expensive for it to be
>> economic. But modern electronic goods are orders of magnitude more reliable
>> than the consumer electronic goods of yesteryear, so the problem is *not* the
>> quality of the goods.
>>
>> What needs investing in the safe recycling of electronic parts, and I would
>> suggest that both consumers and manufacturers should be responsible for this.
>>
>>
>>
> 
> Just like the tire pressure monitors.  Lots of labor just to replace
> them.  I just do without on my cars when they fail.

I disagree. I had a puncture during a highway trip a month ago, and the 
monitor told me about it. I would have not noticed myself and would have 
damaged the rubber.

First puncture in 40 years.



-- 
Cheers, Carlos.