The global consumption of consumer electronics has fundamentally outpaced the infrastructure designed to manage their disposal. As smartphones, laptops, servers, and smart home devices become obsolete on shorter lifecycles, they generate the fastest-growing waste stream on the planet: electronic waste, or e-waste. Far from being mere refuse,
The Digital Afterlife: Scaling Infrastructure in the E-Waste Recycling Economy
The global consumption of consumer electronics has fundamentally outpaced the infrastructure designed to manage their disposal. As smartphones, laptops, servers, and smart home devices become obsolete on shorter lifecycles, they generate the fastest-growing waste stream on the planet: electronic waste, or e-waste. Far from being mere refuse,