Electronic mail is a wonder of technology, no doubt. An amazing array of missives can be sent and received across amazing distances: texts, photographs, films, music, spreadsheets, and much more. And yet, most of the electronic mail I now receive is either unwanted or is pure spam. As I like to say whenever I get a chance, the only reason why I check my inbox is to erase the incoming stuff. For it takes space, and my Internet service provider does not leave me with plenty. Thus I empty my inbox several times a day. And there are few surprises. Having just emptied it for the third time today, I cannot but wonder about our predicament. We are drowning in garbage, which is taking new forms by the day. Electronic garbage is relatively new, but it is mounting at a clip. Zillions upon zillions of missives each and every day are entirely in vain. The sad thing about this form of waste is that it has no use whatsoever. Much of the garbage can be used for something or other, but electronic garbage is useless forever. Or is it? Come to think of it, the one who invents electronic-garbage processing for some useful purpose will be rich in no time. Yet another technological challenge of our age.