{"id":1352,"date":"2024-07-26T11:22:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T11:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fiberunlimited.com\/?p=1352"},"modified":"2024-08-07T12:17:40","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T12:17:40","slug":"e-verspilling-een-ernstig-probleem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fiberunlimited.com\/nl\/news-flash\/e-waste-a-serious-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"E-waste verminderen door minder te gebruiken"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The E-waste problem gets rarely addressed in the media or in general. Recently this topic was addressed in a dual-page article in a Dutch newspaper (Trouw, 18 July 2024) showing the problems that we cause in other places on our globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:16px\"><br><strong>[Trouw, 18 July 2024]<\/strong><br><em>Almost invisible due to thick clouds of smoke, the 20-year-old Shahardu Alhassan is burning a bundle of thin electrical cables on one of the world\u2019s most polluted e-waste dumps in the heart of Ghana\u2019s capital Accra.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:16px\"><em>Using a stick, wearing slippers and dripping with sweat, Alhassan pokes the fire real hot. Once only aluminum and copper wires are left over, he extinguishes the fire.<\/em><br><em>\u2026.. \u201cNobody keeps up with this for more than 10 years without becoming seriously ill\u201d he says, with a shy look in his eyes.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reading stories like these makes you think: shouldn\u2019t we do something about this? One of the best ways to reduce e-waste is by simply using less material!<br>FiberUnlimited provides you with an Optolux\u00ae network solution that <strong>uses 80% less cable<\/strong>. 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