Technotrash - how to dispose of it?

[GomJabbar]

I received an email this morning regarding a company called GreenDisk that will dispose of your Technotrash. Sounds like a good idea to me - use this option rather than putting your Technotrash in the household garbage to pollute your local landfill.

And what is GreenDisk?

We're an environmental clearinghouse that makes recycling easy. We do full loop. We also make products. We take your electronic waste out of your home or office and recycle it.

How do I get my stuff to you?

Go online to greendisk.com. All you have to do is order our Technotrash Can, which is really a 1-by-1-by-3-foot collection box. Then throw all your CDs, DVDs, videotapes, inkjet cartridges, cell phones, pagers, PDAs, calculators, and Game Boys in there. Fill it up, put the mailing label and prepaid postage on, and for $30 it all goes away.

Is there a weight limit?

The Can holds up to 70 pounds. You basically won't be able to ship anything anywhere at that weight for that price.

What about PCs?

We've just started accepting computers. For those, you have to come up with your own box. But we'll be adding a computer box--with packing materials--very soon.

OK, it's all packed and sealed and labeled. Then what?

We pick it up. Few people will bother to recycle unless it's convenient and cheap, so we had to create a system that utilized existing resources. We found one trucking company that sends out tens of thousands of trucks every day that go out full and come back empty: the U.S. Postal Service.

http://www.housebeautiful.com/design/pr ... trash-0406

[rkawakami]

For those located in a large enough city to support such a service and willing to spend a little time Googling and driving their stuff to a local free drop-off point, try searching for:

free recycling e-waste <your city>

Also your local craigslist might have a notice posted.

My daughter's high school just had an event a couple of weeks ago where they accepted many different kinds of e-waste (computers, printers, etc.) and hazardous materials (batteries, but no flourescent lamps).

[frankiepankie]

Go to the depot and look around if there are any Thinkpads which people threw away (how crazy are you if you do that )