This could have been a chapter 9 in "Collateral Damage" series started in October. Original Equipment Manufacturers have been at ground zero in the "Ewaste" War. But Original Equipment Manufacturers aren't really collateral. They are are active players, for better and for worse, in the battle over recycling policy. Their role has been extended to finance recycling of products at end of life. Or not at end of life. Product support, software upgrades that turn "obsolete" into a verb, negotiations over broadcast changes (Telecommunications Act of 1996), VHS or Beta, copyright law...
They are targets, and they are targeters. They are allies and adversaries. Interested parties with a stake in the game.
It's just business.
