An umbrella, really?! Unless it can detect atmospheric changes and open automatically when it starts raining, thanks to some sensors on it, this is genuinely useless.

Most non perishable items are resuable and can be recycled. Its whether stuff is biodegradable or not. I can take a broken umbrella, use whatever is left of it to make another one. Just because things became really cheap after manufacturing shifted to china and we stopped repairing, doesn't mean we can't recycle umbrellas.