Think that recycling those electronics means they just “go away” and no one has to deal with them anymore? Think again, unfortunately. From the toxic mess that they can leave in far away lands to the sensitive data that is found on the millions of computers thrown away each year, our e-waste is leaving a [...]
Before you take the easy (and potentially dangerous) way out and just throw away your unused/old gadgets (at least recycle!), you might want to check out Gazelle.com and see if you can get any cash for it instead. Gazelle recycles, and most of the time pays you for, your old iPods, computers, iPhones, Blackberry’s, digital [...]
I just downloaded iRecycle to my iPhone and wow – so cool. You enter your location and what you need to recycle, and the application tells you the locations nearby that will take your stuff off your hands. Granted, there aren’t many places here where I live (try, none), but in most major cities that [...]
Yes, that’s every second of every minute of every day – Americans throw 1,500 aluminum cans in the trash every second. Not recycle… they throw the cans away. Back in the ’90s, we actually recycled more than 60% of our aluminum cans, but now we are only recycling 51.1%! Why is the recycling rate actually [...]
Just because it is recyclable, doesn’t mean it’s a good thing to buy…especially if you don’t need it. Does the concept of recyclability give some an excuse to over-consume? Even if something is recyclable, it still has to be designed, made, shipped, consumed, shipped to a facility, recycled, and transformed into something else – that’s [...]
Dear EarthTalk: How can I recycle my old mattress if the place I buy a new one from doesn’t take it? What do mattress companies do with old mattresses when they do take them? Do they recycle any of the material? A typical mattress is a 23 cubic foot assembly of steel, wood, cotton and [...]
As some of you may remember, I wrote about Way Basics products back in August, and our shelving unit I featured is still going strong! Well, now they have unveiled the new Kraft series which exposes the bear bones of the technology used to create the zBoard, which their products are made out of. They [...]
