"Most of the pollution and waste, by far, happens before consumers or households have even purchased things from which post-consumer waste will arise."
"No amount of post-consumer/household recycling can make up for the waste arising upstream in the mining for, or manufacturing of, electronics."
https://electronicplanet.xyz/2026/08/10/key-concept-upstream/
Gerry McGovern
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2026-08-10 18:12:56 UTC
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