[pnw]

I trade the phone in for the new model as God and Steve Jobs intended.

[kennywinker]

Right. So ewaste.

[pnw]

No. Apple refurbishes and reuses the majority of trade-in phones. They recycle a small fraction. None of it ends up in landfills. In my case, they aren't paying me hundreds of dollars for my old phone to throw it in a landfill.