Well a company having maximum respect for the environment would mandate a policy of maximum reuse, maximum parts harvesting, and sustainable resale channels. O

Well a company having maximum respect for the environment would mandate a policy of maximum reuse, maximum parts harvesting, and sustainable resale channels. On a foundation of well-built long-lasting easily-repairable product. Only shredding the remainder of parts which could not possibly have their usefulness extended by anyone. Especially if there was any toxicity or energy waste in the original manufacturing process. It can be seen that the independent repairers and parts harvesters are probably performing in a more environmentally responsible way than the manufactuer. Especially from an energy balance point of view. And on a scale that's overwhelming, the repairers need relatively stronger rights toward overcoming any imbalance in their disfavor. A very strong manufacturer can afford to expend energy removing a vast parts resource from circulation, denying repairers a much larger multiple of available energy savings instead. Whenever shredding has higher priority than reuse, it could be a sign of greed or other misguided management efforts taking precedence over opportunities provided by true leadership in engineering optimization. Besides having priority over the environment in any or all locations. Who knows what other entities might also be contracting with eWaste haulers to destroy rather than resuse as many tonnes of working W7 & W8 PC's about now as a modern salvo in their maximum-waste-declaration strategy, or to further an agenda of removing all machines not having a processor with a remote management engine. From another angle it's not unlike a nation minting and shredding its own currency for its subjects as it sees fit, to control its value relative to other established currencies, with only secondary regard for the environment if that. Hmm, except it's mostly not their own currency they're shredding. Which brings us to the relative environmental cost of different underlying currencies after all . . . When you really follow the money.