The Story of Stuff creator Annie Leonard has released a new episode in her ongoing series — which includes cosmetics, cars, bottled water and more — about where our stuff comes from, how it's manipulated, how it gets to us and where it goes after we're done with it.

This time, she's focusing on all of the electronics we've become so attached to:

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