Every Australian parts with an estimated 25 kilograms of electronic rubbish each year In the 1990s, at the height of the digital boom, technology promised to transform the way millions of us do business, communicate with each other, learn, earn and get our entertainment. With the flick of a switch, life could suddenly become easier, more streamlined. It’s a terrible irony, however, that the more literate we have become with technology, the less we understand – or want to know – about what happens to the gadgets we use on a daily basis for convenience and pleasure once we turn them off for the last time.
Electronic waste, or ‘e-waste’ for short, is a complex issue, and no small part of the problem lies in pinpointing exactly what e-waste is;…
