The world is full of electronics — computers, laptops, cell phones, tablets, e-book readers, et cetera. In fact, according to some estimates, by 2017 the average person will have five devices that connect to the Internet, many of them manufactured by American electronics giants Apple and Microsoft.
What’s more, as the “Internet of everything” becomes more and more prevalent in the coming decades, we’ll all wind up with even more devices. Already, in sum, American households average about 24 electronic devices, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
But what happens to them when we don’t need them anymore? Where does your iPhone go when you toss it? How are iPhones — and all of the other discarded electronics waste — disposed of? .... http://www.naturalnews.com
