"The [US] federal government, which is among the world’s largest producer [sic] of electronic waste, disposes more than 10,000 computers a week on average."
We've been manufacturing a lot of tech stuff that we have no idea what to do with when we don't want it any more. Abandoning it in large piles turns out to be unhealthy and unwise. Economic incentives to recycle have largely vanished.
"A little over a decade ago, there were at least 12 plants in the United States and 13 more worldwide that were taking these old televisions and monitors and using the cathode ray tube glass to produce new tubes. But now, there are only two plants in India doing this work."
Should consumers/end-users bear any of the burden of this "glass tsunami?"
Unwanted Electronic Gear Rising in Toxic Piles