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Capitalists all over the world: but can we sell carbon to people?
Trump: Sure, just don’t forget to pay tariffs if carbon is not made in the USA!

Still, I’ve been wondering. I’ve come to learn that plastic recycling is largely a myth/scam, but what about glass and metal recycling?

They recycle fine but they still need a lot of energy to be recycled. Energy is the main issue here: energy needs to be extracted/produced which has a huge environmental cost (even solar/wind turbines have an environmental cost, as well as has their maintenance). So, the best thing we can do, as consumers, everyone of us at our humble level, in our everyday live, would be to consume as little as we can of everything. To create less waste, we should buy less, which would also mean we would need to waste less energy, a lot less, to recycle whatever can be.

this, or maybe take it to a repair shop to replace it’s battery and maybe the USB port as well.

yep, if at all possible that would be a better idea.

I would not keep any device with a fully exhausted battery just because a battery in a good working condition can already be a fire hazard. So, a depleted one who knows how it can reacts? I would properly dispose of it by recycling it.

A bit late but, from a fellow Mint on a laptop user, nice choice and… nice blog :)