I have beaten the game.
Gentlemen and ladies, I am here today to announce a spectacular achievement. After decades of back-breaking labour by myself and my illustrious comrades at The Fabulous Troupe, we have collected and made available for purchase one-thousand Waste Modules.
I believe a round of thank-you's are in order.
I would like to thank my guildmates; no one could ask for better. Upon learning of my mad quest to collect the world's greatest supply of Waste Modules, they made a vow to see it through to fruition. That fruition is now. We made it, guys.
I would like to thank everyone who sold, traded, or gave us Waste Modules over the years. It is you, knowingly or unknowingly, that made this possible. Some of you, for reasons know only to your ridiculous minds, engaged us in bidding wars over single Modules. Know now that your defeat was not in vain, for it made manifest this greatest of triumphs, in which you too may now share.
I would like to thank Three Rings, for making Waste Modules so patently useless that the only rational response was to collect them obsessively. When I set out on this quest, Waste Modules were used in exactly zero crafting recipes. Unfortunately, Three Rings has since fallen short of its grand vision for a totally useless item; I believe the Waste Module is now used in two recipes, possibly even three. It's tragic to see such a lofty paragon of unuse tarnished, but I am confident it will someday be restored to its former glory.
Now you may ask: where can we possibly go from here? Reaching such heights as this always comes as a blessing and a curse; on the one hand, you've satisfied your aspirations, but on the other hand you must find new purpose to renew your zeal for accomplishment. I assure you all that we plan to go even higher; now that we have one foot in the door, two-thousand, five-thousand, or even ten-thousand Waste Modules no longer seem so out of reach. This experience has opened my eyes; the boundaries of collecting are only twofold: one can only be limited by the number of items the game allows and one's own drive to succeed. I intend to prove that in my case, the latter is far greater than the former.
The thousand Waste Module stack will be on display on the Auction House for two days. If it's purchased, I'll start over with the meagre thirteen remaining Modules in my inventory. Either way, I plan to keep collecting until the game's coding forces me to stop. I know my guildmates will have my back. I hope in some small way we've inspired you to reach your own dreams. Keep trying even when your goals seem impossible. Remember: no effort is ever truly a waste.
Resplendently yours,
Mdhe
Officer, The Fabulous Troupe

I've been playing for a long time, so when I popped open my inventory, I was expecting to find hundreds of the things ready for donation. I had less than thirty!

Waste Modules are shockingly rare, so collecting 1000 of them is quite a feat.

really? 1000? get 1001 and I'll be interested.

50k+ Gel Drops -- Njthug
100k+ Ecto Drops --- Provi
45k+ Confetti --- Between Moonsoon + Njthug
You sir have a long-way 2 go!!
@Dmatter: I actually have 1013, to be perfectly exact.
@Njthug: While those are certainly impressive amounts and I admire the collecting spirit of those gentlemen/ladies, those items are far too useful to catch my fancy. But you're right; there's still a long way that I can go from here, and I have no intention to get lazy now!

I expect you to keep up the good work and reach the 6 figure club for sure!!

Yeah if you're trying to break the counter, you're probably better off using something else.
However I applaud your efforts to achieve the absurd!
/clap Mdhe
You truly crack me up, and this made my day.
/lol Mdhe

ask him about his light shard count... it's over 9000

Setting aside how odd of a question that sounds, I only have 45. Huh.
Congrats on collecting an excessive amount of the 2nd most useful mod on the market.

Waste modules are 2*. Colectors collect 1* mats. It's easier.
And now I know why ecto drops price went from 2cr to 10...

Now, to see 100k Dragon Scales would be impressive. Shards are too common, get some ambition like our OP here! :D

But as was said earlier, shards are more useful. The only reason I'm that low is mass alt-crafting.
Congratulations.
http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Zee_Core <--- Your next quest.