> Instead of donating old phones or CD players, people would have them trashed to get their deposit back. Plenty of places that take e-waste right now will ref

> Instead of donating old phones or CD players, people would have them trashed to get their deposit back. Plenty of places that take e-waste right now will refurb and resell a subset of the hardware they receive. This would be no different. It's true that this would place a floor of the money required to obtain these devices, but it's not like there would suddenly no longer be used devices for sale.