Here’s my sight on recycling and to note disclamer I don’t have any recycled electronics DIY synth projects. I’m keen to see something posted in this thread taking e-waste where it’s been most damaging to the Earth in consideration and removing whole devices that are project sized from becoming destined for landfills closest being the @irregularshed Apple iPod Touch 5 Kosmo. The landfills are full of smartphones and one time use food containers. A smartphone can be whole converted into an audio processor if the external jacks are converted to the circuitboard. A one time use food container can be whole converted into 3D printer element to build parts to hold the smartphone. I’m sure there’s some other recycling that can be done for panel and circuitboard. That’s enough recycling to me and from that point using new components, wire, jacks and similar things where they’re always in constant supply makes sense. Of course there may be things from sockets like vacuum tubes and integrated circuits that may be recycled. There’s lots of components on the typical cheap sites and would be too handy to refuse. Thanks and I hope you’ll forgive my two cents when I’ve done nothing but contribute text-waste.
-Fumu / Esopus