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Smartphones - Coggle Diagram
Smartphones
Environmental Impacts
Extraction of minerals is bad for the environment
Lots of labor required to produce phones
Shipping is intensive on the environment
Unsustainable production
Overconsumption is an overall problem
Labor Conditions
Bad conditions in the mines
Bad conditions in the factories
Suicide nets
We cannot ignore just because it is far away
Countries that do bad stuff (like China) are producers
My Motivation
Inform people to make better smartphone decisions
Possible solution: Use phones longer
Other solution: boycott Apple
Give people more info to make decisions
Background Info
iPhones are damaging to the environment
People use their smartphones for short periods of time
The US is dependent on importing smartphone materials