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Open it up and desolder the networking chip. It’s the only way to be sure. Hope you’ve got a heat gun!

Laws without enforcement are just suggestions.

I mean, that’ll offset lights and idle appliances, at least.

That’s just how electronics recycling is, though. The amount of labor it would take to save all those SMT and BGA components is ridiculous and, honestly, is a pretty specialized skill even if it is easy to learn. The logistics of scale really makes it unreasonable, especially when simpler components can be had for literal pennies. There’s a point where the material cost of the copper is worth more than the labor it takes to do anything else with the board, and it happens a lot sooner than you think.

Having, had, what’s the difference?