> In other words, it is likely RoHS has caused --or will cause-- massively more garbage in landfills. As a simple data point, my 40 year old HP-41 calculator st

> In other words, it is likely RoHS has caused --or will cause-- massively more garbage in landfills. As a simple data point, my 40 year old HP-41 calculator still works perfectly fine. It is impossible to imagine a RoHS-compliant calculator not ending up in a landfill way earlier than 40 years. Environmentalists can only wish that people were disposing of their electronics because of tin whiskers. Long lived consumer electronics needs a cultural overhaul more than it needs leaded solder.