About 100~200 years ago the manifactures find out
Industrial polymers
and before of that they used natural materials, such as: iron, leather, and stones.
But! The recyle path moved from natural earth and sky subjected actions to the polymer or plastic,
so, millions of devices chips were invented.
In every web search there are many tangible actions: Processor actions to render the site, GPU for animation or photos, battery and power cables, instatnt temporary storage location and hard drive.