back-story-anecdote: during graduate school, this issue rose to the top of "green environmental impacts of computer use" .. in 2007 as part of an invited gathering at Google Mtn View, a speaker stood on the podium in front of about 100 googlers of various stripes, and gave a ten minute presentation on E-Waste, the BAN network, efforts in California to make an electronics recycling system (CRTs were first), disposable flip-phones, persistant heavy metals in the food chain, and a bit more.. the punchline was "this group has a special responsibility" ..<p>end-result? 2007 credit crisis, Google make more billions, almost fifty percent of small business recyclers in California go broke due to cash flow, and E-Waste volumes doubled, and doubled again. Zero traction, zero commitment, lots of Teslas. Later, Apple made some apparently superficial commitments. This is in the most "green" plus most "tech" center of the USA.<p>bitterly disappointing that the wealth of the tech industry sat on its hands, because product liability is a third-rail in consumer products of all kinds.. it is not in the news, it is not discussed, and meaningful legislation -- a lot like gambling -- is deeply and quietly dismantled behind closed doors.<p>Very few bright spots and much more waste, every year, year after year. It is not just recycling, it is a right to re-use, making designs that include user serviceable parts, and enabling <i>some kind</i> of consumer to industry return route.