TALES OF NATURE – MATERIAL CUL

e-waste fossils

phase three

Electronic waste and rock, fly through space and time, slowly dissolving. Up and down is lost, particles fly through the air. Certain parts of the electronic waste gives us insight to the past world of the electronics. E-fossils show earlier shapes and usage from before human extinction. These are part of lost signals that occur in short moments, Acting like loopholes to the past.

phase two

e-waste fossils

We now find ourselves in an era where humans have not been extinct for a very long time if compared to the timeline of earth. In this post-human landscape, little life is visible but electronic waste lives on, intertwined with what is left of nature. Long lost signals and radio waves hum through the wind. Still Earth finds itself in dissolvement.

e-strata

e-typology

In certain parts of the world, plates collide. This can force areas of rock together and push them upwards. In the most dramatic instances, such uplift forms mountain ranges. This is why fossils of marine animals can be found at the top of Mount Everest. Because of how they form, fossils occur in sedimentary rocks.

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/how-are-fossils-formed.html

phase one

Currently electronics are the world's fastest growing waste stream.

Fifty million metric tonnes of e-waste is generated every year, equalling the weight of nearly 4,500 Eiffel towers. Much of it is incinerated or placed in landfills, causing pollution, human health hazards, and the loss of valuable finite resources.

The export of e-waste is driven by two main factors: the demand for low priced electronics in the importing countries, and the fact that it is cheaper to export e-waste than to handle it domestically in accordance with strict safety regulations. Western Africa and parts of Asia are common dumping grounds.

https://tcocertified.com/e-waste/

Fossils are created through pressure, heat, and chemical reactions. Water seeps into an object’s hard parts, once the water is inside these parts, crystals are formed through chemical reactions. The crystal stay leaving fossils behind. What kind of fossils our electronic waist will leave us?