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Digital Planet: Urgent calls for mandatory recycling of e-waste

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11/05/2021 GMT

Urgent calls for mandatory recycling of e-waste

BBC World Service - Digital Planet, Urgent calls for mandatory recycling of e-waste

A new report calls for mandatory and sustainable e-waste management

Developing a framework for sustainable e-waste management; making a smart CRT TV; Apple vs Epic anti-trust lawsuit

Pascal Leroy, Director General of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Forum joins us live to discuss their report on a proposed recycling framework for critical raw materials – CEWASTE – and why recycling critical raw materials from circuit boards, neodymium magnets, fluorescent lights and batteries is essential for the long-term sustainability of electronic manufacture.

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Stephen Cass, senior editor of IEEE spectrum, explains how he has repurposed an old CRT TV to display his favourite web pages using a Raspberry Pi and a bit of python code. We also discuss the importance of the maker movement and the right to repair laws coming into force later this summer.

Apple vs. Epic
Our Games Correspondent Chris Berrow, delves into the detail of the Apple vs Epic lawsuit, with Epic asking if Apple's control over the App Store is anti-competitive, by only allowing in-app purchases through the store and taking a 30% cut of the sales? If Epic wins, this could have huge implications for the games industry, and potentially make in-app purchases considerably cheaper.

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