Your analogy would break down as, if the airplane were intact and had good chain of custody, then the owner would at the very least sell it to a junkyard that would part out the most valuable parts. More likely it would be sold to be reused.

The challenge is the capitalist strategy of manufactured obsolescence that make valid products turn into complete junk to sell new product.

That and the proliferation of cheap ill designed products are the largest source of waste in the world.