there will always be ewaste...and more of it. Some of the things you guys mentioned (smartwatches etc), you would not break down (time vs $$ does not work)....you will end up sending it in whole and take a lower price per pound on that stuff. ALL of that is still made with precious metals to some degree....they will just grind them up and separate out the metals using acid like that do now. Tablets and other things like that still have plenty of precious metals in them...maybe not like the old stuff, but there just is more to be recycled and you shouldn't have to break it down soon enough...stack it up and send it off.
YES, the heyday is probably behind us, BUT there are millions of pounds of stuff still out there. They will find a way to recycle stuff, even the newer stuff. You also need to make sure you adapt to the next wave anyways. Paper and plastics are plentiful if you have a place you can send it in quantity....an alot of it pays better than metal these days.
Point is, recycling is just that, a constantly changing business...you have to adapt and keep more than one avenue in place. One thing dries up or go down in value...something else will replace it.
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