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		Tailings: Mining’s Toxic Legacy (gerrymcgovern.com)
		2 points by MrVandemar on Nov 5, 2022 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment

MrVandemar on Nov 5, 2022 [–]

The average laptop weighs about 1.5 kg. Roughly 1 kg of that weight is aluminum, steel and other mined metals.

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