From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2024-12-02 15:25, Roger Hayter wrote:   
   > On 2 Dec 2024 at 13:40:34 GMT, ""UFO""  wrote:   
   >   
   >> We try to but since China makes them now as throw away   
   >> non repairable cheap goods and sells them global, they should   
   >> be who leads the cleanup.   
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   Well... take a programmable timer. Eventually they fail, because the   
   battery in them fail. But they are manufactured without screws that one   
   can undo. That is China fault.   
      
   >   
   > What needs investing in the safe recycling of electronic parts, and I would   
   > suggest that both consumers and manufacturers should be responsible for this.   
   >   
      
      
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