@LG_Rocket

"They don’t make ‘em like they used to" 🧍 Obsolescence, e-waste, #RightToRepair. Designed to Last director @uspirg. Work in @wsj @washingtonpost @voxdotcom

 Brooklyn, NY
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Today, I released the newest edition of my report: Vape Waste 2. We're literally throwing away miniature computers after a few days of use. Manufacturers are adding features like "Vapentertainment systems" with retro games on HD displays - in products designed to be trashed... 🧵
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We Don't Have Time
@WeDontHaveTime24 Sep 2025
"Previously, each new update used to give us new important features, but that's not the case anymore." Why can't we have laptops that last longer? ⏳ Watch our discussion on the looming Windows 10 e-waste crisis at The Climate Hub with @LG_Rocket. #ClimateWeekNYC #ewaste

The Climate Hub - Day 2 - Lucas Gutterman II

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We Don't Have Time
@WeDontHaveTime24 Sep 2025
"All of the computers that are on #Windows10 and can't upgrade to Windows 11 will die a slow death." 😯 What's happening on Oct 14, & why could it cause a tremendous amount of #ewaste? 🚨 Watch our conversation with @LG_Rocket at The Climate Hub to learn more. #climateweeknyc

The Climate Hub - Day 2 - Lucas Gutterman

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ivan@IvanVendrov9 Sep 2025
Reading essays and disputing their central point is my love language
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Nathan Proctor@nProctor14 Aug 2025
Microsoft is cutting off hundreds of millions of computers from security updates: “The thing that Microsoft should be doing, if they cared about the environment and sustainability and keeping their customers secure, would be just to extend support automatically" @LG_Rocket
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Nicotine Capital
@nicotinecap17 Jul 2025
V1.0 of my "vape clock" is ready: vapeclock.org/
Nicotine Capital
@nicotinecap17 Jul 2025
Replying to @tobaccoinsider
We need a vape waste clock
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"Increasingly, disposable vapes double as digital gadgets, with screens that show animations or include built-in games or speakers to play music. ...So each disposable vape tossed is like 'throwing away miniature computers after a few days of use,' Gutterman says. "
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fastcompany.com/91368463/ame…

Americans throw out 5.7 disposable vapes every second

Disposable vapes are a particularly insidious form of pollution because they’re nicotine, plastic, and electronic waste all in one.

fastcompany.com
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(Thanks to @iFixit and @RethinkWaste for help with the vape CT scans and footage of the lithium-ion battery fire.)
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Read the full report here: pirg.org/edfund/resources/va…

Vape Waste 2

Vape Waste poses a growing environmental threat -- another disposable electronic product that does long-lasting damage.

pirg.org
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Volunteers at Brooklyn Spark are working to keep laptops use that would otherwise end up as waste.
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Lucas Rockett Gutterman 🚀 retweeted
Kenney@KenneyNL2 Jul 2025
Replying to @partnano
Allowing companies to update software was a mistake
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Thanks to everyone in Brooklyn who helped us collect 37 laptops and 2 phones for the old laptop drive! Next up: our fix-a-thon to refurbish these laptops and keep them out of the landfill due to @Microsoft's expiration of #Windows10.
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