Hobbyist rescues $500 of RAM from local landfill — a "major haul" exposes our throwaway culture during one of the worst hardware shortages ever

www.windowscentral.com

Hobbyist rescues $500 of RAM from local landfill — a "major haul" exposes our throwaway culture during one of the worst hardware shortages ever

www.windowscentral.com

Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMB to

/r/Technology@lemmit.onlineEnglish · 9 days ago

How bad is our e-waste problem when $500 of RAM is getting tossed?

www.windowscentral.com

A PC hobbyist took to Reddit to show off their latest haul from a trip to the landfill, and it shows just how wasteful we continue to be despite high prices.

This is an automated archive made by the Lemmit Bot.

The original was posted on /r/technology by /u/PaiDuck on 2026-02-09 15:42:13+00:00.

You must log in or # to comment.

Chat

/r/Technology@lemmit.online

technology@lemmit.online

You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: !technology@lemmit.online

Community locked: only moderators can create posts. You can still comment on posts.

Subreddit dedicated to the news and discussions about the creation and use of technology and its surrounding issues.

Visibility: Public

This community can be federated to other instances and be posted/commented in by their users.

4 users / day
14 users / week
37 users / month
130 users / 6 months
3 local subscribers
96 subscribers
8.59K Posts
36 Comments
Modlog

mods:
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.online