Slowing Introductions of New Electronic Products Reduces E-Waste
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Americans buy new cell phones every 18 months, Europeans buy them every 15 months, and the Japanese every 9 months. Global replacement rates for digital cameras range between two and three years. And U.S. businesses replace their PCs every four years. Where do most of these used products go? Directly into the trash. Indeed, in the United States alone, consumers throw away 400 million electronic products each year.
[If that hardware ran FOSS it would keep much of it from having to be thrown out in the first place. - Scott]
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