this post was submitted on 08 Mar 2026
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State of affairs for technology seem bad? But what is being done to change it? And what could be done by you so it changes at least for yourself?
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Companies toss old working items because they have no process to be able to sell them, even if it's worthwhile. And even if they did, lawyers would kill the idea because of liability (somehow). Ditto with any kind of donation arrangement.
TL/DR: lawyers are the leading source of corporate e-waste.
I suspect the dumping was illegal in my area. It was a legit dumpster, but e-waste has a specific disposal procedure. So the incentive for corps is to avoid fines.
But in the case at hand, it was a dumpster in front of an apartment building. It was full of furniture and other household waste.
Around here students dump a lot of stuff. They can't be bothered to move it, so they toss it, not even trying to use proper process or recover any funds. Depressing.