I don't want to pick a fight, but here's my rando opinion on that: Almost all electronic devices end up as e-waste after a few years. If a couple % fail premat

I don't want to pick a fight, but here's my rando opinion on that: Almost all electronic devices end up as e-waste after a few years. If a couple % fail prematurely, that doesn't create a massive amount of additional ewaste, but rather a _very_ slight increase in e-waste. And it's relatively benign e-waste. You could shred the board and sprinkle it over your field and it wouldn't be a huge problem (* don't take my word on this; there's flux residue and somewhat toxic stuff used in other components, the plastics will probably leak BPA and other stuff, etc.)