Planned obsolescence and E-Waste, the ugly side of upgrading tech
Electronic waste or e-waste is the byproduct of the upgrading and replacing products that require a battery or plug.
Source: www.theodysseyonline.com
Electronic waste or e-waste is the byproduct of the upgrading and replacing products that require a battery or plug.
Source: www.theodysseyonline.com
For decades, collaborations and partnerships have been a fundamental part of the sustainable business toolkit, enabling companies to do together what none of them can easily do alone. Over the years, those collaborations seem to have grown in lockstep with the profession of sustainability itself. Scores of such partnerships — some well-known, others flying under the radar — focus on any number of areas…
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Cenker Akdemir is the design and product development director at Taypa, a Turkish supply organization that puts sustainability at the heart of its operations.
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