With this said, it is indeed woeful that so much technology ends up either in landfill or "recycled". I do wish that people cared more.
Whether they like it or not, they'll have to care now that China is now refusing to accept all types of recyclable waste. The other nations in that market (or potentially so), even combined, can manage to match China's capacity. This is going to get interesting.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
