The EU can force member states to do things though, what do you mean?

Resale or sticking it in a drawer "just in case"

Not throwing it away is a win though.

It's the throwing it away that is the problem.

Not having a phone in the first place is the best for the environment. Failing that, having someone else reuse that phone is best. Only if all else fails is recycling the preferred option.

So of course people are going to concentrate on the problem of people just throwing these things away. And that's for anything. Not just phones.

Sticking in a drawer "just in case" is throwing it away while it takes up space in your house and can't be recycled.

Everytown doesn't actually care about gun violence, they want to end civilian firearms ownership entirely.

I really want to highlight this comment to everyone who's on the fence on gun rights or still believes that compromise is possible. This is the position of hardline anti-gun people, their billionaire funded NGOs, and the politicians they finance.

It's not about reducing excess death, it's not about gun violence, it's about abolishing all civilian firearms ownership and removing any positive association of firearms or self defense from the culture. There is no compromise possible because they will never be happy with anything less.

Thanks for this comment-- I had a similar thought and couldn't have expressed it as elegantly.

I firmly believe it’s a disinformation campaign run by Russia to make a potential invasion easier, and anybody peddling “gun control” is really just a useful idiot.

It comes back the same thing, there is zero evidence that gun manufacturers are lobbying for this while Everytown is very publicly and proudly announcing that they are pushing this exact legislation.

That was true, but largely is not true anymore. When Trump was pushing a blanket ban on trans people owning guns, gun rights organizations come out in force against (while anti-gun organizations like Everytown didn't).

For maximally effective commercial ammo, yes. If your goal is just to propel a projectile it's super easy.

Some states do already and it's not enough, you can manufacture cartridges as well it's just annoying.