A mathematical argument going around recently said that, for phone owners, upgrading your smartphone every year is now the logical and financially sound choice, working out roughly to about $1 a day given certain parameters. It’s difficult not to respond with outrage at the “eff the environment” vibes of such a hypothesis, which conveniently avoids the issue of the 53.6 million tons of electronic waste produced worldwide—out of which the 416,000 phones tossed aside in the US every day surely play some role (especially given that less than 20% of smartphones sold end up being recycled in the end).

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