There's already a pipeline sending old electronics to cheap labor for possible refurbishing, recycling and/or incorrect disposal. A small percentage they repackage into replacement laptop batteries and ship back, but they could also send more of them back as a value UPS with different value add parts.

Personally, I expect there to be a massive conversion to USB-PD as the primary power in the cellphone only regions.

Does USB-PD mean USB power distribution ?

And yeah - some LEDs and a usb wire around the ceiling solves lighting a house more sensibly than a three-phase converter under the stairs and enough power going through a light switch to kill me …

I was referring to installation