I know someone is going to chime in with "this is your fault for using Apple!"

Guys. How many times have Apple done something only for the rest of the industry to follow suit?

That out of the way: one of the biggest problems when it comes to e-waste from Apple is how Apple with serialize their parts. You can take the exact same part from two freshly unpacked phones, swap them between the two phones, and suddenly they aren't genuine.