1) If all electronic substrate material were biodegradable, like paper, the e-waste problem would be dramatically easier to solve.
2) Using paper and disposing of it in a landfill takes carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere (via the tree) and locks it underground where it can no longer act as a dangerous climate changing greenhouse gas.
3) Trees intended for pulp and paper production are grown on tree farms near the mill that they feed. So relax. Paper is no more tree murder than oatmeal is "grain murder". This is a step in the right direction, disposable or otherwise.
On the other hand, conteporary recyclers would likely not enjoy the contamination of their mills with lead, cadmium, lithium, and other fun elements used to make transistors, so the landfill would still be the best place for biodegradable e-waste. (Unless it was an organic FET, in which case, who cares).
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The environmental concerns are misplaced.
1) If all electronic substrate material were biodegradable, like paper, the e-waste problem would be dramatically easier to solve.
2) Using paper and disposing of it in a landfill takes carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere (via the tree) and locks it underground where it can no longer act as a dangerous climate changing greenhouse gas.
3) Trees intended for pulp and paper production are grown on tree farms near the mill that they feed. So relax. Paper is no more tree murder than oatmeal is "grain murder". This is a step in the right direction, disposable or otherwise.
On the other hand, conteporary recyclers would likely not enjoy the contamination of their mills with lead, cadmium, lithium, and other fun elements used to make transistors, so the landfill would still be the best place for biodegradable e-waste. (Unless it was an organic FET, in which case, who cares).