none of it is "Green"

- there's no reason why HDDs can't be made to last 100 years now
and have at least a 50 year warranty
but they won't do it, (not can't but won't)
because you'd have to pay over $5,000.00 for just one HDD

but they used to care,
back in the early days when yer 80x86 system blew up you moved the old HDD into the new system
or the only reason for replacing the HDD was to upgrade to a larger / faster HDD
you used to be able to visit the local used computer store and buy used HDDs
if you do that now you take a huge chance that it won't last more than a few days
(100% of my IDE disks 10GB and under I bought used, either bare or installed in a used unit)

now it's not uncommon to replace HDDs several times during the useful life of a PC

there's no reason why a phone shouldn't last 15+ years

etc.

people don't want Green in tech, just like they don't want Green in cars

to make a Green car that goes for 500,000,000,000+ miles
only ever needing fuel, tires and oil
you'd have to pay well over $1,000,000.00 for it

but in the current economic model
it is required that all products be junk that you constantly have to replace with new junk
that you replace again next year or the year after

etc.