14 ms·UN report: electronic waste levels surge 20 percent in the past 5 years3 points by ThrowawayR2 6y agoitg 6y agoNot mentioned in the article, but I bet it’s also due to companies making upgrading and repairing hardware difficult.fsflover 6y agoHopefully this will help: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23648890 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23648890deleted 6y ago[deleted]