How conflict minerals make it into our phones https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/15/how-conflict-minerals-make-it-into-our-phones.html

#technology #tin #tantalum #tungsten #gold #conflictminerals #africa #apple #microsoft #intel #tesla #congo

Happy fifth birthday to my second-ever smartphone! It has seen better days and is missing some modern conveniences, but with some help from @e_mydata and a couple of spare parts from a friend's old phone, I'm still pretty proud that this @Fairphone 2 made it to five years.

Hopefully this will be the norm in the not-too-distant future 🤞

#sustainability #environment #ConflictMinerals #OpenSource

#ElectricCars reduce operating #CarbonEmissions, but building them still requires tons of #ConflictMinerals—copper, iron, rubber, and of course lithium—and extracting each of them from populated #DisposableLandscapes takes a toll on the environment. On the other hand, replacing gasoline cars with public transport, #bicycles, or walking reduces impacts across the board.
https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/4-november-december/feature/lithium-mining-electric-vehicles-clean-power-steep-price

"A report by the Clean Energy Council, representing renewable energy companies and solar installers, has called for more local renewable energy production and manufacturing and a “certificate of origin” scheme to counter concerns about slave labour in mineral extraction and manufacturing in China, Africa and South America." (via Inoreader) #renewables #ConflictMinerals #batteries
Evidence grows of forced labour and slavery in production of solar panels, wind turbines https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/29/evidence-grows-of-forced-labour-and-slavery-in-production-of-solar-panels-wind-turbines

RT @Roosdorp: On this day in 2016 a deal on responsible mining of #conflictminerals was reached under the 🇳🇱 Presidency of the 🇪🇺 Council

A major step in responsible trade🛡

Thanks to ⁦@berndlange⁩ ⁦@MalmstromEU⁩ ⁦@IuliuWinkler⁩ ⁦@alinevanveen⁩ ⁦@TimDanielPeter⁩

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/AstridThors/status/1538116202123378688

RT @Roosdorp: On this day in 2016 a deal on responsible mining of #conflictminerals was reached under the 🇳🇱 Presidency of the 🇪🇺 Council

A major step in responsible trade🛡

Thanks to ⁦@berndlange⁩ ⁦@MalmstromEU⁩ ⁦@IuliuWinkler⁩ ⁦@alinevanveen⁩ ⁦@TimDanielPeter⁩

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/MalmstromEU/status/1537454329736663040

RT @Roosdorp: On this day in 2016 a deal on responsible mining of #conflictminerals was reached under the 🇳🇱 Presidency of the 🇪🇺 Council

A major step in responsible trade🛡

Thanks to ⁦@berndlange⁩ ⁦@MalmstromEU⁩ ⁦@IuliuWinkler⁩ ⁦@alinevanveen⁩ ⁦@TimDanielPeter⁩

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/berndlange/status/1537450222862749697