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  1. #USPIRG - #ElectronicWaste Graveyard

    Expiring software or server support is responsible for up to 1.7 billion pounds of #EWaste over past decade.

    by Nathan Proctor, Lucas Gutterman
    April 10, 2025, Updated Jul 14, 2026

    "Increasingly, we’re pushed to trash tech that should still work, such as #Chromebooks, phones, and smart home devices, just because the software has expired or lost support. This database lists more than 100 tech products that have stopped working after manufacturers dropped support. It calculates the total weight of all these dead devices which have joined the 68 million tons of electronic waste disposed of each year.

    "When software expires, or web cloud services end, consumers and schools are pushed to replace devices that should still work. For example, our 'Chromebook Churn' report found that tens of thousands of laptops were being replaced by schools because the software had expired. Since the graveyard was released in 2025, we have tracked a wave of new product shutdowns, some affecting a handful of niche gadgets, and one, Microsoft’s end of support for Windows 10, affecting 400 million computers at once.

    "We now estimate that up to 1.7 billion pounds of electronic waste has been created by expired software and canceled cloud services since 2014. The largest contributor by far was the expiration of #Windows10 resulting in up to 1.6 billion pounds of electronic waste from PCs that can’t upgrade to #Windows11.

    "13 #AmazonKindle models have also joined the graveyard this year. On May 20, 2026, Amazon cut off store access for 13 older Kindle models released between 2007 and 2012 — devices that, in many cases, are still being used daily by their original owners more than a decade later. The e-readers still turn on, still display books already downloaded, and still hold a charge. What they can no longer do is buy or download anything new, effectively ending their useful life as e-readers for many owners. Amazon’s shutdown means these e-readers can’t even borrow books from users’ local public #libraries.

    "For the planet, this lack of support results in a death by a thousand server support cuts. This e-waste adds up. At the very least we need lifetime transparency for tech—we should know how long manufacturers guarantee the tech we buy will work before we buy it."

    Read more:
    pirg.org/edfund/resources/elec

    #SolarPunkSunday #RightToRepair #RightToRepairLaws #PlannedObsolescence #FixIt #ReuseRepairRestore

  2. #USPIRG - #ElectronicWaste Graveyard

    Expiring software or server support is responsible for up to 1.7 billion pounds of #EWaste over past decade.

    by Nathan Proctor, Lucas Gutterman
    April 10, 2025, Updated Jul 14, 2026

    "Increasingly, we’re pushed to trash tech that should still work, such as #Chromebooks, phones, and smart home devices, just because the software has expired or lost support. This database lists more than 100 tech products that have stopped working after manufacturers dropped support. It calculates the total weight of all these dead devices which have joined the 68 million tons of electronic waste disposed of each year.

    "When software expires, or web cloud services end, consumers and schools are pushed to replace devices that should still work. For example, our 'Chromebook Churn' report found that tens of thousands of laptops were being replaced by schools because the software had expired. Since the graveyard was released in 2025, we have tracked a wave of new product shutdowns, some affecting a handful of niche gadgets, and one, Microsoft’s end of support for Windows 10, affecting 400 million computers at once.

    "We now estimate that up to 1.7 billion pounds of electronic waste has been created by expired software and canceled cloud services since 2014. The largest contributor by far was the expiration of #Windows10 resulting in up to 1.6 billion pounds of electronic waste from PCs that can’t upgrade to #Windows11.

    "13 #AmazonKindle models have also joined the graveyard this year. On May 20, 2026, Amazon cut off store access for 13 older Kindle models released between 2007 and 2012 — devices that, in many cases, are still being used daily by their original owners more than a decade later. The e-readers still turn on, still display books already downloaded, and still hold a charge. What they can no longer do is buy or download anything new, effectively ending their useful life as e-readers for many owners. Amazon’s shutdown means these e-readers can’t even borrow books from users’ local public #libraries.

    "For the planet, this lack of support results in a death by a thousand server support cuts. This e-waste adds up. At the very least we need lifetime transparency for tech—we should know how long manufacturers guarantee the tech we buy will work before we buy it."

    Read more:
    pirg.org/edfund/resources/elec

    #SolarPunkSunday #RightToRepair #RightToRepairLaws #PlannedObsolescence #FixIt #ReuseRepairRestore

  3. #USPIRG - #ElectronicWaste Graveyard

    Expiring software or server support is responsible for up to 1.7 billion pounds of #EWaste over past decade.

    by Nathan Proctor, Lucas Gutterman
    April 10, 2025, Updated Jul 14, 2026

    "Increasingly, we’re pushed to trash tech that should still work, such as #Chromebooks, phones, and smart home devices, just because the software has expired or lost support. This database lists more than 100 tech products that have stopped working after manufacturers dropped support. It calculates the total weight of all these dead devices which have joined the 68 million tons of electronic waste disposed of each year.

    "When software expires, or web cloud services end, consumers and schools are pushed to replace devices that should still work. For example, our 'Chromebook Churn' report found that tens of thousands of laptops were being replaced by schools because the software had expired. Since the graveyard was released in 2025, we have tracked a wave of new product shutdowns, some affecting a handful of niche gadgets, and one, Microsoft’s end of support for Windows 10, affecting 400 million computers at once.

    "We now estimate that up to 1.7 billion pounds of electronic waste has been created by expired software and canceled cloud services since 2014. The largest contributor by far was the expiration of #Windows10 resulting in up to 1.6 billion pounds of electronic waste from PCs that can’t upgrade to #Windows11.

    "13 #AmazonKindle models have also joined the graveyard this year. On May 20, 2026, Amazon cut off store access for 13 older Kindle models released between 2007 and 2012 — devices that, in many cases, are still being used daily by their original owners more than a decade later. The e-readers still turn on, still display books already downloaded, and still hold a charge. What they can no longer do is buy or download anything new, effectively ending their useful life as e-readers for many owners. Amazon’s shutdown means these e-readers can’t even borrow books from users’ local public #libraries.

    "For the planet, this lack of support results in a death by a thousand server support cuts. This e-waste adds up. At the very least we need lifetime transparency for tech—we should know how long manufacturers guarantee the tech we buy will work before we buy it."

    Read more:
    pirg.org/edfund/resources/elec

    #SolarPunkSunday #RightToRepair #RightToRepairLaws #PlannedObsolescence #FixIt #ReuseRepairRestore

  4. #USPIRG - #ElectronicWaste Graveyard

    Expiring software or server support is responsible for up to 1.7 billion pounds of #EWaste over past decade.

    by Nathan Proctor, Lucas Gutterman
    April 10, 2025, Updated Jul 14, 2026

    "Increasingly, we’re pushed to trash tech that should still work, such as #Chromebooks, phones, and smart home devices, just because the software has expired or lost support. This database lists more than 100 tech products that have stopped working after manufacturers dropped support. It calculates the total weight of all these dead devices which have joined the 68 million tons of electronic waste disposed of each year.

    "When software expires, or web cloud services end, consumers and schools are pushed to replace devices that should still work. For example, our 'Chromebook Churn' report found that tens of thousands of laptops were being replaced by schools because the software had expired. Since the graveyard was released in 2025, we have tracked a wave of new product shutdowns, some affecting a handful of niche gadgets, and one, Microsoft’s end of support for Windows 10, affecting 400 million computers at once.

    "We now estimate that up to 1.7 billion pounds of electronic waste has been created by expired software and canceled cloud services since 2014. The largest contributor by far was the expiration of #Windows10 resulting in up to 1.6 billion pounds of electronic waste from PCs that can’t upgrade to #Windows11.

    "13 #AmazonKindle models have also joined the graveyard this year. On May 20, 2026, Amazon cut off store access for 13 older Kindle models released between 2007 and 2012 — devices that, in many cases, are still being used daily by their original owners more than a decade later. The e-readers still turn on, still display books already downloaded, and still hold a charge. What they can no longer do is buy or download anything new, effectively ending their useful life as e-readers for many owners. Amazon’s shutdown means these e-readers can’t even borrow books from users’ local public #libraries.

    "For the planet, this lack of support results in a death by a thousand server support cuts. This e-waste adds up. At the very least we need lifetime transparency for tech—we should know how long manufacturers guarantee the tech we buy will work before we buy it."

    Read more:
    pirg.org/edfund/resources/elec

    #SolarPunkSunday #RightToRepair #RightToRepairLaws #PlannedObsolescence #FixIt #ReuseRepairRestore

  5. #USPIRG - #ElectronicWaste Graveyard

    Expiring software or server support is responsible for up to 1.7 billion pounds of #EWaste over past decade.

    by Nathan Proctor, Lucas Gutterman
    April 10, 2025, Updated Jul 14, 2026

    "Increasingly, we’re pushed to trash tech that should still work, such as #Chromebooks, phones, and smart home devices, just because the software has expired or lost support. This database lists more than 100 tech products that have stopped working after manufacturers dropped support. It calculates the total weight of all these dead devices which have joined the 68 million tons of electronic waste disposed of each year.

    "When software expires, or web cloud services end, consumers and schools are pushed to replace devices that should still work. For example, our 'Chromebook Churn' report found that tens of thousands of laptops were being replaced by schools because the software had expired. Since the graveyard was released in 2025, we have tracked a wave of new product shutdowns, some affecting a handful of niche gadgets, and one, Microsoft’s end of support for Windows 10, affecting 400 million computers at once.

    "We now estimate that up to 1.7 billion pounds of electronic waste has been created by expired software and canceled cloud services since 2014. The largest contributor by far was the expiration of #Windows10 resulting in up to 1.6 billion pounds of electronic waste from PCs that can’t upgrade to #Windows11.

    "13 #AmazonKindle models have also joined the graveyard this year. On May 20, 2026, Amazon cut off store access for 13 older Kindle models released between 2007 and 2012 — devices that, in many cases, are still being used daily by their original owners more than a decade later. The e-readers still turn on, still display books already downloaded, and still hold a charge. What they can no longer do is buy or download anything new, effectively ending their useful life as e-readers for many owners. Amazon’s shutdown means these e-readers can’t even borrow books from users’ local public #libraries.

    "For the planet, this lack of support results in a death by a thousand server support cuts. This e-waste adds up. At the very least we need lifetime transparency for tech—we should know how long manufacturers guarantee the tech we buy will work before we buy it."

    Read more:
    pirg.org/edfund/resources/elec

    #SolarPunkSunday #RightToRepair #RightToRepairLaws #PlannedObsolescence #FixIt #ReuseRepairRestore

  6. New push for #RightToRepair in #Maine aims to cut costs, reduce #ElectronicWaste

    Vivien Leigh, August 13, 2026

    "Advocates, lawmakers, and business owners have started a renewed push to help #Mainers fix #phones, #laptops, and other small #electronics more easily.

    "Supporters set up a mock electronic-waste graveyard on Thursday to underscore the need for 'Right to Repair' reforms.

    "Sheldon Arford owns Maine Computer Services, an independent repair shop. He showed nearly six computers that still work but are on their way to the recycling bin.

    " 'They can't take the current version of Windows, and #Windows10 no longer gets security updates,' Arford explained. [Um, Sheldon, have you heard of #Linux ?]

    "The business owner joined advocates and lawmakers for a mock memorial service focused on electronics that stopped working after their software expired, such as Windows 10 computers, #vacuums, #VideoGames, and over a dozen #Kindle models."

    Read more:
    yahoo.com/news/politics/articl

    #SolarPunkSunday #PlannedObsolescence #RightToRepairLaws #MainePol #FixIt #EWaste #ReuseRepairRestore

  7. New push for #RightToRepair in #Maine aims to cut costs, reduce #ElectronicWaste

    Vivien Leigh, August 13, 2026

    "Advocates, lawmakers, and business owners have started a renewed push to help #Mainers fix #phones, #laptops, and other small #electronics more easily.

    "Supporters set up a mock electronic-waste graveyard on Thursday to underscore the need for 'Right to Repair' reforms.

    "Sheldon Arford owns Maine Computer Services, an independent repair shop. He showed nearly six computers that still work but are on their way to the recycling bin.

    " 'They can't take the current version of Windows, and #Windows10 no longer gets security updates,' Arford explained. [Um, Sheldon, have you heard of #Linux ?]

    "The business owner joined advocates and lawmakers for a mock memorial service focused on electronics that stopped working after their software expired, such as Windows 10 computers, #vacuums, #VideoGames, and over a dozen #Kindle models."

    Read more:
    yahoo.com/news/politics/articl

    #SolarPunkSunday #PlannedObsolescence #RightToRepairLaws #MainePol #FixIt #EWaste #ReuseRepairRestore

  8. New push for #RightToRepair in #Maine aims to cut costs, reduce #ElectronicWaste

    Vivien Leigh, August 13, 2026

    "Advocates, lawmakers, and business owners have started a renewed push to help #Mainers fix #phones, #laptops, and other small #electronics more easily.

    "Supporters set up a mock electronic-waste graveyard on Thursday to underscore the need for 'Right to Repair' reforms.

    "Sheldon Arford owns Maine Computer Services, an independent repair shop. He showed nearly six computers that still work but are on their way to the recycling bin.

    " 'They can't take the current version of Windows, and #Windows10 no longer gets security updates,' Arford explained. [Um, Sheldon, have you heard of #Linux ?]

    "The business owner joined advocates and lawmakers for a mock memorial service focused on electronics that stopped working after their software expired, such as Windows 10 computers, #vacuums, #VideoGames, and over a dozen #Kindle models."

    Read more:
    yahoo.com/news/politics/articl

    #SolarPunkSunday #PlannedObsolescence #RightToRepairLaws #MainePol #FixIt #EWaste #ReuseRepairRestore

  9. New push for #RightToRepair in #Maine aims to cut costs, reduce #ElectronicWaste

    Vivien Leigh, August 13, 2026

    "Advocates, lawmakers, and business owners have started a renewed push to help #Mainers fix #phones, #laptops, and other small #electronics more easily.

    "Supporters set up a mock electronic-waste graveyard on Thursday to underscore the need for 'Right to Repair' reforms.

    "Sheldon Arford owns Maine Computer Services, an independent repair shop. He showed nearly six computers that still work but are on their way to the recycling bin.

    " 'They can't take the current version of Windows, and #Windows10 no longer gets security updates,' Arford explained. [Um, Sheldon, have you heard of #Linux ?]

    "The business owner joined advocates and lawmakers for a mock memorial service focused on electronics that stopped working after their software expired, such as Windows 10 computers, #vacuums, #VideoGames, and over a dozen #Kindle models."

    Read more:
    yahoo.com/news/politics/articl

    #SolarPunkSunday #PlannedObsolescence #RightToRepairLaws #MainePol #FixIt #EWaste #ReuseRepairRestore

  10. New push for #RightToRepair in #Maine aims to cut costs, reduce #ElectronicWaste

    Vivien Leigh, August 13, 2026

    "Advocates, lawmakers, and business owners have started a renewed push to help #Mainers fix #phones, #laptops, and other small #electronics more easily.

    "Supporters set up a mock electronic-waste graveyard on Thursday to underscore the need for 'Right to Repair' reforms.

    "Sheldon Arford owns Maine Computer Services, an independent repair shop. He showed nearly six computers that still work but are on their way to the recycling bin.

    " 'They can't take the current version of Windows, and #Windows10 no longer gets security updates,' Arford explained. [Um, Sheldon, have you heard of #Linux ?]

    "The business owner joined advocates and lawmakers for a mock memorial service focused on electronics that stopped working after their software expired, such as Windows 10 computers, #vacuums, #VideoGames, and over a dozen #Kindle models."

    Read more:
    yahoo.com/news/politics/articl

    #SolarPunkSunday #PlannedObsolescence #RightToRepairLaws #MainePol #FixIt #EWaste #ReuseRepairRestore

  11. How much gold is in your smartphone? UK’s Royal Mint reveals the hidden value of e-waste

    LLANTRISANT, (UK), Aug 5 — At the heart of Britain’s coin factory, old Bank of England telephones are…
    #NewsBeep #News #Mobile #Cardiff #electronicwaste #Goldrecovery #Llantrisant #Recycledjewellery #RoyalMint #Technology #UK #UnitedKingdom
    newsbeep.com/uk/728152/

  12. The main visual part of this project is finished. It started during a lab reorganization: old components that still work but disappear forever once they go back in the box. So we put them on the wall instead — breadboards, opened devices, circuit boards on display for everyone to see and take if useful.

    #hackerspace #makerspace #openworkshop #MunichMakerLab #MuMaLab #Kreativquartier #Kreativlabor #DIYMunich #electronicwaste #repairculture #pcbart

  13. The main visual part of this project is finished. It started during a lab reorganization: old components that still work but disappear forever once they go back in the box. So we put them on the wall instead — breadboards, opened devices, circuit boards on display for everyone to see and take if useful.

    #hackerspace #makerspace #openworkshop #MunichMakerLab #MuMaLab #Kreativquartier #Kreativlabor #DIYMunich #electronicwaste #repairculture #pcbart

  14. The main visual part of this project is finished. It started during a lab reorganization: old components that still work but disappear forever once they go back in the box. So we put them on the wall instead — breadboards, opened devices, circuit boards on display for everyone to see and take if useful.

    #hackerspace #makerspace #openworkshop #MunichMakerLab #MuMaLab #Kreativquartier #Kreativlabor #DIYMunich #electronicwaste #repairculture #pcbart

  15. The main visual part of this project is finished. It started during a lab reorganization: old components that still work but disappear forever once they go back in the box. So we put them on the wall instead — breadboards, opened devices, circuit boards on display for everyone to see and take if useful.

    #hackerspace #makerspace #openworkshop #MunichMakerLab #MuMaLab #Kreativquartier #Kreativlabor #DIYMunich #electronicwaste #repairculture #pcbart

  16. The main visual part of this project is finished. It started during a lab reorganization: old components that still work but disappear forever once they go back in the box. So we put them on the wall instead — breadboards, opened devices, circuit boards on display for everyone to see and take if useful.

    #hackerspace #makerspace #openworkshop #MunichMakerLab #MuMaLab #Kreativquartier #Kreativlabor #DIYMunich #electronicwaste #repairculture #pcbart

  17. To complete its green transition, EU should mine its trash

    By 2050, recycling could fulfill half of Europe’s demand for critical raw materials, according to a new analysis.…
    #NewsBeep #News #Environment #ClimateChange #dailyscience #electronicwaste #energy&decarbonization #energytransition #environment #Minerals #mining #Science #UK #UnitedKingdom
    newsbeep.com/uk/623863/

  18. To complete its green transition, EU should mine its trash

    By 2050, recycling could fulfill half of Europe’s demand for critical raw materials, according to a new analysis.…
    #NewsBeep #News #Environment #ClimateChange #dailyscience #electronicwaste #energy&decarbonization #energytransition #environment #Minerals #mining #Science #UK #UnitedKingdom
    newsbeep.com/uk/623863/

  19. To complete its green transition, EU should mine its trash

    By 2050, recycling could fulfill half of Europe’s demand for critical raw materials, according to a new analysis.…
    #NewsBeep #News #Environment #AU #Australia #Climatechange #dailyscience #Electronicwaste #energy&decarbonization #energytransition #Minerals #mining #Science
    newsbeep.com/au/713388/

  20. To complete its green transition, EU should mine its trash

    By 2050, recycling could fulfill half of Europe’s demand for critical raw materials, according to a new analysis.…
    #NewsBeep #News #Environment #AU #Australia #Climatechange #dailyscience #Electronicwaste #energy&decarbonization #energytransition #Minerals #mining #Science
    newsbeep.com/au/713388/

  21. To complete its green transition, EU should mine its trash

    By 2050, recycling could fulfill half of Europe’s demand for critical raw materials, according to a new analysis.…
    #NewsBeep #News #Environment #AU #Australia #Climatechange #dailyscience #Electronicwaste #energy&decarbonization #energytransition #Minerals #mining #Science
    newsbeep.com/au/713388/

  22. Europe’s ‘urban mine’ could supply 56% critical raw materials by 2050

    A EU-funded research project has just unveiled the first comprehensive map of Europe’s “urban mine.” It is an…
    #Europe #EU #Criticalrawmaterials #e-waste #electronicwaste #Energy&Environment #Europeancountries #FutuRaM #InventionsandMachines #Sustainability
    europesays.com/europe/53603/

  23. Go me! I was sitting here bemoaning that both (!) of my little Tribit Xsound Go bluetooth speakers' batteries have given up the ghost and I was going to have to bite the bullet and buy yet *another* cheap bluetooth speaker when I realized... wait... sitting right in front of me is the Samsung Soundbar (and bass speaker) attached to the TV, and it has Bluetooth! Yippee! Happily listening to it now.

    🧵

    #bluetooth #disposableElectronics #electronicWaste

  24. Go me! I was sitting here bemoaning that both (!) of my little Tribit Xsound Go bluetooth speakers' batteries have given up the ghost and I was going to have to bite the bullet and buy yet *another* cheap bluetooth speaker when I realized... wait... sitting right in front of me is the Samsung Soundbar (and bass speaker) attached to the TV, and it has Bluetooth! Yippee! Happily listening to it now.

    🧵

    #bluetooth #disposableElectronics #electronicWaste

  25. Go me! I was sitting here bemoaning that both (!) of my little Tribit Xsound Go bluetooth speakers' batteries have given up the ghost and I was going to have to bite the bullet and buy yet *another* cheap bluetooth speaker when I realized... wait... sitting right in front of me is the Samsung Soundbar (and bass speaker) attached to the TV, and it has Bluetooth! Yippee! Happily listening to it now.

    🧵

  26. Go me! I was sitting here bemoaning that both (!) of my little Tribit Xsound Go bluetooth speakers' batteries have given up the ghost and I was going to have to bite the bullet and buy yet *another* cheap bluetooth speaker when I realized... wait... sitting right in front of me is the Samsung Soundbar (and bass speaker) attached to the TV, and it has Bluetooth! Yippee! Happily listening to it now.

    🧵

    #bluetooth #disposableElectronics #electronicWaste

  27. Go me! I was sitting here bemoaning that both (!) of my little Tribit Xsound Go bluetooth speakers' batteries have given up the ghost and I was going to have to bite the bullet and buy yet *another* cheap bluetooth speaker when I realized... wait... sitting right in front of me is the Samsung Soundbar (and bass speaker) attached to the TV, and it has Bluetooth! Yippee! Happily listening to it now.

    🧵

    #bluetooth #disposableElectronics #electronicWaste

  28. @xjasminelu welcome, and what a cool topic! I'm sure this will resonate with the people here.
    Tagging this with #introductions and #electronicwaste so that more people get to see it :)

  29. @xjasminelu welcome, and what a cool topic! I'm sure this will resonate with the people here.
    Tagging this with #introductions and #electronicwaste so that more people get to see it :)

  30. @xjasminelu welcome, and what a cool topic! I'm sure this will resonate with the people here.
    Tagging this with #introductions and #electronicwaste so that more people get to see it :)

  31. @xjasminelu welcome, and what a cool topic! I'm sure this will resonate with the people here.
    Tagging this with #introductions and #electronicwaste so that more people get to see it :)

  32. @xjasminelu welcome, and what a cool topic! I'm sure this will resonate with the people here.
    Tagging this with #introductions and #electronicwaste so that more people get to see it :)

  33. Commission seeks views on battery removability exemptions

    The European Commission launched a public consultation today (28 April) on new rules setting out additional product exemptions…
    #Europe #EU #EuropeanCommission #batteries #CircularEconomy #electronicwaste
    europesays.com/europe/25355/

  34. GHMC Navigates E-Waste Deluge Amidst Recycled Promises

    Hyderabad collected 103.56 metric tonnes of old electronics this year. This waste will go to a Dundigal facility to prevent pollution. Learn more about GHMC's e-waste drives.

    #HyderabadEWaste, #GHMCRecycles, #ElectronicWaste, #TelanganaPollution, #DundigalPlant

    newsletter.tf/hyderabad-ghmc-c