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What Electronics Can Be Recycled?
You can't escape the grocery, electronics or movie rental store without seeing a small cell recycling drop box, but how can you dispose of larger, more ecologically dangerous gadgets? Electronics companies have — or been forced to! — put considerable resources into making their products recyclable.
Ask a Geek Girl: What Do I Do With My Old iPod?
For this installment of Ask a Geek Girl, TeamSugar user amers230 asks what she should do with her old iPod, now that she's received the new iPod of her dreams:
As a special surprise for my birthday my parents bought me the new iPod I've wanted for forever. Now that I have my 80GB Classic, I have no use for my 3-year-old 20GB. Thing is, I'm not sure what to do with it now.
How to Properly Recycle Your Gadgets
The holidays are arguably the most common electronics upgrade season of the year, which means plenty of people will be getting new shiny gadgets and recycling their old ones. Activists estimate that 50–80 percent of the 300 to 400 thousand tons of electronics collected for recycling in the US each year ends up overseas, meaning they probably aren't being recycled the way we imagine.
"Workers in countries such as China, India, and Nigeria then use hammers, gas burners, and their bare hands to extract metals, glass, and other recyclables, exposing themselves and the environment to a cocktail of toxic chemicals," according to AP.
Take Care Of Your E-Waste This Earth Day
Today is Earth Day, which means you should take the time to do a thorough E-waste spring cleaning! Did you know that every year more than 3.2 million tons of electronic waste is disposed in landfills? When computers, TVs and cell phones go to landfills, they can leak lead, cadmium, arsenic, mercury, selenium, chromium, and many other toxic materials into drinking water and have serious effects on our health.
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Recycled Computer Monitor Turned Cat Bed
This cat bed made from an old computer monitor provides the perfect spot for kitty to perch in while you get your daily LOL Cat fix on your computer. It was created by an Etsy crafter who not only painted the monitor shell, but even had a custom pillow made for the interior. The theme is decidedly old-school cat (there are fish and paw prints decorating the side), while the rest of the details are decidedly new-school digital (reclaimed keyboard keys on the front spell out "kitty" and the old "on/off" button has a cat face painted on it).
Link Time!
- See a few of Victoria Smith's favorite things. — Decor8
- Tour Alexis's nautical nest, complete with a porthole window! — AT:NY
- Did you know that your water heater, fridge, and washer can all be recycled?
Website of the Day: My Boneyard
I think everyone wants to recycle their gadgets, sometimes they just can't figure out the hows. That's why the website My Boneyard makes it painfully easy to do it online. Not only do they provide you with a prepaid envelope you print yourself to send in with your old or dead gadget, but in many cases, they send you a cash reward in exchange for it.
Daily Tech: See a US Gadget Recycling Plant In Action
- Sims Recycling Solutions has 15 locations across the United States and recycles everything from cameras, printers, to computers. — Wired
- Stroke patients are using video games to help their debilitated vision and the results have been phenomenal with some patients' receiving 90 percent of their vision back. — Switched
- Check out some amazing gadget deals of the day including a refurbished HP Mini for $275.
Relax Already: Unplug and Chill Out
It being Wednesday, it's time for a little midweek relaxation. Plus it's Earth Day, so I suggest taking the evening off from your electronics. Save some energy and create some mental space while you're at it.
Earth Day is Coming! Recycling 101
So I definitely got the run down on how to recycle from Auntie Litter when I was in grade school, but as Earth Day approaches, it seems that my recycling skills could use a once over. Real Simple has broken the whole recycling thing down by making the ins and outs of recycling really, well, simple.
- Collect newspapers in a paper grocery bag or in tied bundles, depending on your community’s guidelines, and set them out on pickup day.
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