Your Questions About Recycling

The Expert answers:

Try

http://www.mygreenelectronics.org/

The Expert answers:

Alberta implemented an Electronics Recycling fee about 3 years ago. Most computer equipment (consoles included) are assessed a $12 recycling fee, the amount I believe categorizes on a number of things. Ie. Televisions are $45 i believe, but can change based on price range.

The Expert answers:

I’m sure there are many profit plans for recycled electronics, but here is my favorite:

The company takes the old elecs off of a big business’s hands, lets say they’re upgrading to new models for all their employees, well they just let the recycles come in and take all the old machines for no cost. The recyclers then bring the old elecs back to their plant where they put them on a grinding machine that breaks the machines back into their most basic components. A sorter then sorts all the little pieces into different buckets based on density. The buckets are thus filled with gold, silicon, and other valuable materials used in circuitry. The recycler then simply melts the materials back into ingot form and they resell them as gold bars. (or silicon, or silver, etc.)

The Expert answers:

This company does:

http://www.moneyscrounger.com/gazelle

They pay you money for recycling your old cell phones, laptops, pda’s, digital cameras, etc. They’ll give you an online quote and pay for shipping. It doesn’t cost you anything – totally free.

The Expert answers:

There are several companies that purchase your old electronic equipment, I happen to work for one, EPC, that provides computer recycling services in the United States and Canada. We have a zero landfill / zero export approach to recycling, and our processes have been certified by the Basel Action Network.

EPC will audit all gear, reporting full asset details, and will offer a settlement price based on the electronics current fair market value.

To learn more about our services, you can follow the links below.

The Expert answers:

They’ll give you a gift card to the store…check out their website for this:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Electronics-Promotions/Online-Trade-In/pcmcat133600050011.c?id=pcmcat133600050011

oh and if you want I have an environmental blog where I post things to save you money and the environment in case you’re curious:
http://poofaunaturel.blogspot.com/

The Expert answers:

There a a few choices you may have open to you. If you equipment is still working, why not donate it to a charity? If it is not working, have a look in your telephone books for electrical recyclers, there might be some in there or check the internet! You might get lucky.

The Expert answers:

I wish I had the time for all that.

Just chuck it out.

The Expert answers:

Basically nothing worth. Normally, those electronic parts will degrade with time and normal use.