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Tuesday, September 8, 2015

We may be able to throw our E-waste in the compost bin within 3 years

Can we win the war on E-waste? Mountains of electronic waste are dumped every year, leaching all kinds of toxins into the environment. And mining for the elements used in electronics manufacture causes huge swathes of land to be destroyed. Researchers at Karlsruhe Institute for Technology are hoping to combat this scourge with Biodegradable Electronic Components. And if they are successful, we may be tossing our future hard drives into the compost bin when we upgrade.

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