TIME Magazineのインスタグラム(time) - 5月23日 23時35分

When we buy something new, we get rid of what’s old. That cycle of consumption has made electronics waste the world’s fastest-growing solid-waste stream. (Americans spent $71 billion on telephone and communication equipment in 2017, nearly five times what they spent in 2010 even when adjusted for inflation, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.) That stream is expected to turn into a torrent as the world upgrades to 5G, the next big step in wireless #technology. 5G promises faster speeds and other benefits. But experts say it will also result in a dramatic increase in e-waste, as millions of smartphones, modems and other #gadgets incompatible with 5G networks are made obsolete, TIME's senior economics correspondent Alana Semuels reports. “I don’t think people understand the magnitude of the transition,” says John Shegerian, co-founder and executive chairman of recycling giant ERI. “This is bigger than the change of black-and-white to color, bigger than analog to digital, by many multitudes.” Read more at the link in bio. Photographs by @christiehemmklok for TIME

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