> "and are recyclable after that." Ohh come on... Apple requires them to be shredded, after which some of the base metals can be recovered but there is still

> "and are recyclable after that." Ohh come on... Apple requires them to be shredded, after which some of the base metals can be recovered but there is still a ton of waste in that. > products can easily last a decade As long as you are fine with them reducing your battery life to get you to upgrade. Apple, and the carriers have lots of incentive programs design to get people to "upgrade" the phones and when using those programs those phones go strait to recycle (i.e shredder) Recycle is the LAST RESORT for sustainability, remember the triad is "REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE" Apple only even plays lip service to the Recycle part, and want to prevent the Reduce and Reuse part by preventing / disincentivizing repair and resell.