Tablet Scrap

It seems to be a sign of the times. The consumer trend has been from larger to smaller. With each step there's less and less value that can be recovered. From what i'm seeing there aren't nearly as many towers or laptops entering the e-waste stream. It's only a fraction of what it was last year.

The "bubble back" tv's have dropped off significantly over the last few months. There are more flat screen tv's coming in. ( They don't seem to have a long service life.)



Once in awhile you see a tablet or similar small device but it's pretty slim pickin's there.

Just an opinion, but it seems like the handwriting is on the wall.The manufacturers have done a really good job of finding ways to do more with less and increase their profitability. It would seem to make sense that there's progressively less and less to recover from the waste stream as time wears on.

Maybe it's like the old shoe maker. Back in the 50's and 60's there was a craftsman that repaired shoes. Most larger communities had at least one shoe repair shop. The times changed in the 70's. Production shifted to the East and shoes were made so cheaply that you just tossed them away and bought a new pair when they wore out. The old fashioned cobbler was no more.

It sucks to be the cobbler but sometimes that's just the way of things. The trick would be to shift and adapt to a change in the environment to avoid becoming obsolete. There's not much money to be made in recycling or refurbishing old shoes.