That's a really good point. Companies being required to buy back their products when they die should align the incentives to solve the problem, which is essenti

That's a really good point. Companies being required to buy back their products when they die should align the incentives to solve the problem, which is essentially one of unhandled economic externalities. Has anything changed in Europe since these kinds of laws have been put in place? In Canada, we have a fixed environmental disposal fee slapped on certain classes of electronic products. I wonder if that fee actually makes the problem worse because it makes high-durability manufacturers subsidize their planned-obsolescence competition!