While discarding print books in landfills is not to be encouraged either, comparing it to the kind of pollution created by dumping electronics in developing countries where the poorest of the poor will be exposed to them is both specious and ignorant.

And before you consider snarking at the above, I've been involved in the ebook industry for more than a decade, and I have watched the competition among corporate giants to out-gadget each other with growing frustration and trepidation. Not only is it environmentally hazardous, it's economically stupid, given the limited nature of the market.