Are certain electronics designed to be difficult to repair? Above is a trailer for Silicon Mountain, a 25 minute film about the electronics recycling industry.

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There are many challenges facing the recyclers, and decreasingly economic incentives for the important industry. As technological devices become exponentially smaller and more difficult to recycle, we turn to a few prominent thinkers to assess how the problem can be addressed. 

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We travelled the country talking to recyclers, right-to-repair advocates, and to the visionaries that aim to tackle the crisis.