• Cryophilia@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Happens all the time. My employer pays a company to come collect our e-waste, which they then sell to a recycler who strips it and sells the recycled metals. One company’s trash is often another one’s treasure. Or better yet, one company’s liability is another company’s asset. Excess electricity is a liability to the electric company so they pay to get rid of it. The amount they’re paying for disposal is less than the potential cost of keeping the liability around (equipment failure in this case).

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      5 months ago

      But you company isn’t producing e waste.

      To have a good that is both sold for profit and you pay someone to take it is weird.

      It doesn’t matter anyway, we both agree market forces will solve the problem.