Almost 4 in 10 Americans have a ‘junk drawer’ full of their old electronics. It’s because of a very specific anxiety

Fortune•Sun, Jun 21, 2026, 03:02 PM•2 min read

It's not laziness — NSF-funded research on 4,000 consumers finds that something kicks in precisely at the moment of disposal.

Source: [Fortune](https://fortune.com/2026/06/21/old-electronics-junk-drawer-data-security-anxiety-survey/)

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