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Do you still use leaded solder? I was today refused to buy it ...
coppercone2:
I wonder how much of a environmental cost is all the equipment that broke because of solder whiskers and bad lead free crap happening
thm_w:
--- Quote from: coppercone2 on November 23, 2021, 10:45:54 pm ---I wonder how much of a environmental cost is all the equipment that broke because of solder whiskers and bad lead free crap happening
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I don't think its ever been tallied up, and it would be a very difficult task to put a number to it. Xbox recall was over $1billion, although you can debate if that is directly due to lead-free..
If e-waste were properly disposed of, and recycled, using lead would not be an issue and would clearly be the better environmental option (https://sci-hub.mksa.top/10.1533/9780857096333.4.442). The problem is it just gets dumped.
"Less than 40% of all e-waste in the EU is reycled, the rest is unsorted. Recycling practices vary among EU countries. In 2017, Croatia recycled 81% of all electronic and electrical waste, while in Malta, the figure was 21%."
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/headlines/society/20201208STO93325/e-waste-in-the-eu-facts-and-figures-infographic
Ed.Kloonk:
--- Quote from: coppercone2 on November 23, 2021, 10:45:54 pm ---I wonder how much of a environmental cost is all the equipment that broke because of solder whiskers and bad lead free crap happening
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How dare you!
Cerebus:
--- Quote from: thm_w on November 23, 2021, 11:32:26 pm ---Recycling practices vary among EU countries. In 2017, Croatia recycled 81% of all electronic and electrical waste,
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Any idea why Croatia are so far ahead in the game?
rsjsouza:
I don't know about Croatia, but it's been a couple of decades that Brasil recycles a very significant percentage of aluminium cans (I recall 85~87%) - this is simply due to the poor economic conditions, which were conducive to people actually making a living plowing through trashcans and collecting cans from the floor.
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