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"E-waste clogs our landfills, poisons the groundwater. Much of this waste is intentionally created by electronics manufacturers through the profit-maximizing strategy of planned obsolescence.Planned obsolescence is a strategy by which manufacturers intentionally limit the utility of their products so that consumers are forced to discard them and buy new products. Planned obsolescence creates intentionally useless objects and imposes significant social costs."

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Harvard Law Review · Waste, Property, and Useless Things - Harvard Law ReviewAbstract How should the law respond to intentionally useless objects that are constructed from scarce materials and thrust into an overcrowded world?Approximately sixty million...
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⬆️ ⬆️ ⬆️ (pssst everything has potential as Art if you can’t fine a practical use.) Peter McFarlane creates e-waste art using old circuit boards. He does everything from sculptures and paintings to even scrapescapes, which is “a marriage between the circuit board paintings and sculpture.” Great article on him & others here. And if you’re an artist looking for some E waste for a project, contact your state. ewaste1.com/e-waste-art/