Comments on: E-waste piling up: Is it really getting recycled? http://www.docucrunch.com/making-sure-that-dead-pc-or-printer-gets-properly-recycled Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:40:00 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Canada Guy http://www.docucrunch.com/making-sure-that-dead-pc-or-printer-gets-properly-recycled/comment-page-1#comment-915 Canada Guy Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:39:40 +0000 http://www.docucrunch.com/?p=2251#comment-915 Some good points. We should try to reduce and reuse as much as possible, but when we do recycle, we need to make sure it is done locally and not sent to the third world. http://www.selfdestructivebastards.com/2009/12/electronic-waste.html Some good points. We should try to reduce and reuse as much as possible, but when we do recycle, we need to make sure it is done locally and not sent to the third world.

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]]> By: TFC http://www.docucrunch.com/making-sure-that-dead-pc-or-printer-gets-properly-recycled/comment-page-1#comment-864 TFC Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:12:43 +0000 http://www.docucrunch.com/?p=2251#comment-864 Goodwill charges too much for free old junk and Best Buy will not let you scavange parts (they want you to buy new). All this "recycling" has done is keep usable technology out of the hands of the poor and industrious (students, engineers) in order to force some people to buy new. Here's news, the folks who are at the back door are not the ones who come in the front door (buyers). Goodwill charges too much for free old junk and Best Buy will not let you scavange parts (they want you to buy new). All this “recycling” has done is keep usable technology out of the hands of the poor and industrious (students, engineers) in order to force some people to buy new. Here’s news, the folks who are at the back door are not the ones who come in the front door (buyers).

]]> By: Chrissy http://www.docucrunch.com/making-sure-that-dead-pc-or-printer-gets-properly-recycled/comment-page-1#comment-861 Chrissy Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:55:45 +0000 http://www.docucrunch.com/?p=2251#comment-861 Kudos for the information about the e-Stewards program. I work in inbound sales at an electronics recycling facility that is an e-Steward and sadly enough not enough people know about the program. One of the parts of my job is to educate people about why you need to recycle and why you should, I still come across a lot of people on an almost daily basis that don't care what happens to the equipment as long as it is gone and it was free or they got paid for it. Most people do not realize that there is a significant cost to operate as a recycler and the commodities harvested from the equipment does not cover the cost especially for the recycling of leaded glass. Some of the things to ask when you are considering a recycler are what are you doing with the equipment? Can I tour your facility? What do you do with the glass? What do you charge? Do you use landfills or export? Do you provide data security? Do you provide a certificate of recycling? With a certificate of recycling you have proof of what you have done on your end. It indemnifies you and makes the equipment the responsibility of the recycler. If a recycler is offering to pay you for your equipment and it is old, not working, or very used you need to find out what they are doing with it. Usually the companies offering to pay you for "end of life" equipment or taking it for free may not be doing the right things with it. However, if you replace your equipment often (every two to three years) then there might be resale value and the recycler can offer asset recovery to give you a rebate or credit. Kudos for the information about the e-Stewards program. I work in inbound sales at an electronics recycling facility that is an e-Steward and sadly enough not enough people know about the program. One of the parts of my job is to educate people about why you need to recycle and why you should, I still come across a lot of people on an almost daily basis that don’t care what happens to the equipment as long as it is gone and it was free or they got paid for it.

Most people do not realize that there is a significant cost to operate as a recycler and the commodities harvested from the equipment does not cover the cost especially for the recycling of leaded glass.

Some of the things to ask when you are considering a recycler are what are you doing with the equipment? Can I tour your facility? What do you do with the glass? What do you charge? Do you use landfills or export? Do you provide data security? Do you provide a certificate of recycling? With a certificate of recycling you have proof of what you have done on your end. It indemnifies you and makes the equipment the responsibility of the recycler. If a recycler is offering to pay you for your equipment and it is old, not working, or very used you need to find out what they are doing with it. Usually the companies offering to pay you for “end of life” equipment or taking it for free may not be doing the right things with it. However, if you replace your equipment often (every two to three years) then there might be resale value and the recycler can offer asset recovery to give you a rebate or credit.

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