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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
Once more efficient recycling systems are breaking down and reusing electronics components, there will be little room to argue the matter further... e-book readers will be the more environmentally sound solution.
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You seem so sure more efficient recycling systems will solve the matter, or that they can even exist for that matter. Recycling costs energy. Recycling of current-day and near-future electronic products will NEVER be energy efficient. You'd have to redesign every component from the ground up to increase the recycling efficiency, and you will STILL need to expend energy. And some things may not recycle well, or at all. That said, if it _is_ possible to recycle efficiently, paper may well turn out to be more readily recyclable than complex electronics. Recycling is not some magic wand which will solve all problems.