Yes, that would be a good use for it. But: - Designing things to be durable and recyclable in the first place is probably more economical and sustainable (both

Yes, that would be a good use for it. But: - Designing things to be durable and recyclable in the first place is probably more economical and sustainable (both can be combined though, no problem) - Recycling is not a silver bullet. Extracting and re-combining all the microscopic parts of different metals in an iPhone to get back the original metal is incredibly expensive or unfeasible, compared to just extracting that metal from nature - Unlimited energy makes it easier to go deeper and deeper extract resources from earth's crust, generating more and more garbage. What do you think we'll do, when you observe what we've done so far?