E-waste mining could be big business and good for the planet
I would like to see more e-waste initiatives based in reuse instead of recycling.  To me it seems like any advances on the recycling front are outpaced by throwaway tech culture and general overconsumption.<p>Seeing as processor speeds have pretty much plateaued [1], I wonder if it is useful to start thinking less in terms of precious metals and instead in potential processing power of e-waste.  I remember a discussion on here about cheap web host providers using consumer grade boxes as servers.  With today&#x27;s cluster technologies, there&#x27;s certainly creative applications for processing power that would end up in a landfill.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.maketecheasier.com&#x2F;why-cpu-clock-speed-isnt-increasing&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.maketecheasier.com&#x2F;why-cpu-clock-speed-isnt-incr...</a>