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One strategy for moving toward a circular economy is ensuring that manufactured materials are in use for as long as possible through re-use, recycling and remanufacturing. In other words: Create less new stuff to reduce the manufacturing sector’s environmental impact.
In the case of electronics waste — or e-waste — remanufacturing and recycling is especially labor-intensive and inefficient. Circuit boards and motherboards are chock-full of different types and styles of computer chips and components. All these tiny, soldered components need to come off without damage in order to serve useful lives in other, remanufactured devices.
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