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(Photo: Nina Filippova/Wikimedia Commons)Printed circuit boards, or PCBs, serve as the heart of many devices by connecting a network of electrical components together. But despite PCBs’ omnipresence, few of us think about what happens to this internal hardware once it reaches the end of its life. The plastic used to …

Engineers have gotten quite good at designing ever more powerful and advanced electronics, but we’re not so good at properly disposing of them when they’re out of date. The United Nations Environment Program estimates almost 50 million tons of electronic waste will end up in landfills this year, a 20 …