“A record 53.6 million tonnes of electronic waste was generated worldwide in 2019, with less than a fifth of it being recycled, according to the UN’s Global E-waste Monitor 2020.”
A teenager fixed his own phone screen with a YouTube video and became the school repair shop. Manufacturers would rather he bought a new phone. They glue batteries, pair parts to serial numbers and call it safety. Less than a fifth of e-waste gets recycled, and the rest is the business model working as designed.