#ewasteday — Public Fediverse posts

Four weeks until @microsoft ends free support for Windows 10, making 400 million PCs obsolete as they are unable to upgrade to Windows 11.
And - ironically - it's happening on #EWasteDay... just days before International #RepairDay.

With our new starter kit, soon available in English too, you can easily set up your own Linux Repair Café. This way, you'll help visitors make the switch to open-source software—and together we'll save countless laptops from the scrap heap.

https://www.repaircafe.org/en/new-starter-kit-for-your-own-linux-repair-cafe/

Irish consumers generated 11 million kg of #electronic #waste last year - equivalent to 25 million items containing precious and valuable #metals.

This so-called "invisible e-waste" included electronic toys, vapes, cables, remote controls, and USB sticks. The recoverable raw materials contained within those items are worth an estimated $10 billion.

You can #recycle anything with a plug, battery or cable!

#EWasteDay #ewaste #TechWaste #reduce_reuse_recycle #Ireland

https://www.rte.ie/news/2023/1013/1410603-ireland-e-waste-recycling/

Der heutige 6. #ewasteday des WEEEForum und die Plan E Kampagne der StiftungEAR machen in diesem Jahr auf unsichtbaren #Elektroschrott aufmerksam und rufen zu korrektem #Recycling auf: https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/presse/pressemitteilungen/unsichtbarer-elektroschrott-auch-moebel-kleidung

Diesjähriges Motto: „You can recycle anything with a plug, battery or cable!” - insbesondere "unsichtbare" bzw. "untypische" #Elektrogeräte" wie smarte Möbel, Kleidungsstücke oder Spielzeuge müssen noch häufiger ihren Weg zum richtigen #Recycling finden.