What is E-waste?

If - like me - you thought E-waste was something to do with an overflowing waste bin in your email program, think again! It is in fact a quick way to say electronic waste.

Unfotunately, as quick as it is to say, E-waste is as quick to burn a hole in our pockets and as quick to need replacing. Although its also pretty quick for us to get rid of, the effects both of its production and destruction are rather more long-lasting.

In another of her straight to the point animations, Story of Stuff's Annie Leonard gives us an insight into the E-waste problem and some of the ways we can go about solving it.

Annie is clearly a girl after my own heart when it comes into built-in obsolescence :)



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