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"Think about the last smartphone, tablet or smartwatch you stopped using. Odds
are it is not in a recycling bin or a new owner’s hands; it is sitting in a
drawer.
From our survey of 4,000 American consumers, we found the single most common
thing people did with a device they were finished with was nothing at all: 39%
simply stored it. Recycling and reselling, outcomes better for the
environment, each accounted for only about 1 in 10 devices. Throwing devices
in the trash claimed another 9%.
Funded by the National Science Foundation, our multidisciplinary team blended
our expertise in causal inference, sustainability and cybersecurity, to work on
the tangled question of what people do with their consumer electronics when
they’re done using them. We used statistical models to connect what people say
– that is, their stated knowledge and attitudes – to what they actually did."
Via Kenny Chaffin.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
