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Earth Day comes only once a year, but concern about the environment should should be an everyday occurrence. Do you know that many of your older gadgets are actually toxic? But do you also know that you can recycle them instead of throwing them out? Both public and private organizations want to recycle your old gear. I say let them!
According to California's Integrated Waste Management Board (ciwmb.ca.gov), electronics should not be disposed of with regular garbage. Try to prolong the life of working equipment by selling or donating it to the less fortunate, and recycle non-functioning equipment by finding an organization equipped to do so. Check out this list to find a recycle center near you.
Tech Companies with Recycling Programs
Apple Recycles program recycles your old equipment for a $30 fee that includes shipping. Cupertino residents recycle free.
Dell Recycling recycles your old PC and monitor at no cost when you buy a new Dell computer.
HP rewards you with up to $50 towards your next purchase when you recycle your old computer hardware.
Verizon Wireless' Hope Line program collects wireless phones from any provider to refurbish and donate them to victims of domestic abuse. Last year it donated 10,000 phones with airtime to shelter victims, and raised $750,000 to support awareness and prevention of domestic violence.
Visit Eiae.org for a list of other tech companies that recycle.
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Wow i can not throw out my junk phones and earn enough cash to see a movie. now only if there was something good out.
I don't kow about you, but if companies are so interested in recycling my old tech, then why shoul I have to pay them. If you ask me, I say it's one more incentive to not do it. How about listing somebody who will do it for no charge, and I don't mean just the goodwill or Salvation Army.
FYI: Staples will give you a $3 coupon for an empty ink cartridge.
You can give your old electronics (and other stuff) by posting it at www.freecycle.org. Someone else may want your old junk.
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1 Posted by vagabonnie on Tue May 16, 2006 8:44AM EDT Report Abuse
Is there a place besides the landfill to send printers and calculators and fax machines? I have a pile of dead machines that should be useful to someone - I just don't know who.