On Tue, 25 May 2021 12:10:15 -0400, micky
wrote:

Vendors who sell electronics are required by law to accept e-waste for
free. It does not matter where it was bought or how old it is.

And do they actually recycle it? Take it apart and save resusable
minerals?

The official story is yes. There are companies that are approved for
collecting (from the vendors) and recycling. Here's how one of them
presents itself:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH0UH6fIiz8

(Don't worry about not understanding the Norwegian text. It is just as
pretentious as the video and music.)

But what happens to it? If they just put in a landfill, that would be
no better than here.

Over the years, there have been a few incidents where nosy journalists
have found hundreds of tons of Norwegian e-waste in remote African
villages. Let's hope that's no longer happening.