Shame on me for not reading the article as I could not access to it (forgot my alumni account) -- only could read the abstract. I misinterpreted this statement

Shame on me for not reading the article as I could not access to it (forgot my alumni account) -- only could read the abstract. I misinterpreted this statement: " On average Bitcoin generates 272 g of e-waste per transaction processed on the blockchain." To mean the online cost of the hashing/mining, etc, not just physical e-waste. Regardless this may be moot now, but my feelings was that comparing a consumer product (airpods) to a "bulk consumer" product like ASICs is doing an apple to oranges comparison. Airpods are manufactured in Vietnam and distributed through supply chains throughout the world -- whilst ASICs are manufactured in China and distrubted more locally (in Eurasia)?