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From fast fashion to e-waste: the real cost of throwaway consumer culture

Where products go to die
E-waste crisis
Lost gold
Steel bonanza
Trashed TVs
Dumped computers
Discarded cell phones
Abandoned appliances
Toxic substances
Exporting e-waste
Illegal landfill sites
Corporate initiatives
Reconditioning electricals
Fast fashion
Global secondhand clothing trade
Secondhand clothing hubs
Donating to a good cause
Ditched clothing
Wasted food
Throwing money in the food bin
Millions without food
Cost to the environment
Reducing food waste
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Discarded cell phones

Cell phones might be smaller than PCs, but they’re just as big an issue when it comes to e-waste that’s blocking up landfill sites as PCs. As many as 350,000 cell phones are thrown out every single day according to the US Environmental Protection Agency, which is unsurprising given that the typical mobile user gets the option to upgrade their model every 24 months.

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lovemoney staff

26 March 2020

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