Most countries don't do enough at all.

For example Germany, while the country is famous for the whole splitting the garbage, I am still waiting after 20 years to see the kitchen oil recycling recipients as we have in Portugal.

As for electronics, I would say no one has anything in place, and human nature is as such that hardly anyone will drive to the next recycling center to deliver a single device that broke down, or call the city hall to collect it.

We should go back to the old days, when electronics were repairable, which naturally companies will lobby against, as that will break down the capitalistic curve of exponential growth in sales.

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bojan an hour ago | parent | next [-]

> As for electronics, I would say no one has anything in place

In Dutch Mediamarkt, the same company as Saturn in Germany I believe, they have bins for electric devices.

	▲	pjmlp an hour ago \| parent [-]
		For used toner/ink cartridges yes, for electric devices in theory yes, in practice not everywhere. However that doesn't change the disposable garbage thing, I bet most of them land in some African landfill instead of being properly recycled.

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computersuck 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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