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And the label doesn't say anything about it, doesn't have the "don't throw in the trash" logo.

Those LEDs are glued in, there's no way to remove batteries before discarding the item

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[-] AbsurdityAccelerator@lemmy.world 34 points 6 months ago

Yes, but companies need to be start being responsible too. I want to see a tax added to every single electronic product that covers recycling.

[-] Coreidan@lemmy.world 14 points 6 months ago

They’ll never be responsible on their own. They’d willingly give you cancer if they knew it was profitable.

[-] Mango@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

We'll see how disposable they are when the price triples because the government needs to tax enough to send people out to pick them up.

[-] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 6 months ago

Absolutely. Perhaps not in this case, but often there aren't even viable alternatives. You can't stop buying everything.

And good luck only buying stuff not made with child labor and slavery.

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