E-waste and the pollution associated with it are massive problems in our modern world. New devices are seemingly always on the way, pushing the previous hardware — often only a couple of years old and in working order — to the side.
The used laptop market, for example, is thriving, but there are still countless devices that end up making their way to a landfill or electronics recycling depots. Plenty of products are shipped around the world where they're stripped and, to the best efforts, recycled. Despite a huge effort, there remains an overabundance of discarded electronics slowly leeching heavy metals into the earth. And that's before we get into all the plastic surrounding the components.
