The researchers also explored what would happen if consumers replaced old products with new electronics that serve more than one function.
研究人员还探索了如果消费者用具有多种功能的新电子产品取代旧产品将会发生什么。
Electronics giants like Best Buy and Samsung have provided e-waste take-back programs over the past few years, which aim to refurbish old electronic components and parts into new products.
像百思买和三星这样的电子产品巨头在过去的几年中展开了电子垃圾回收项目，旨在翻新旧的电子元件和零部件，令其成为新的产品。
And the cycle of exchanging old electronics for new, after just a few years, increases the amount of e-waste that's shipped overseas or dumped into landfills.
而仅仅几年之后就把旧的电子设备换成新的所产生的循环，增加了向海外运输或倒入垃圾堆埋场的电子垃圾的数量。
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