The United States Postal Service gets a lot of grief and is the object of jokes every so often, but we all should stand and applaud for their "Mail Back" program. Currently in ten cities across America, if you have an iPod; cell phone; digicams; gameboys etc. that no longer work, you can pick up a special envelope at the local Post Office and send it in to be either recycled or disposed of properly.
Here is more in a post from a University of Kansas student on a classroom blog. Also a hat tip to Triple Pundit. The company on the receiving end of the busted electronics is Clover Technology Group. The folks at Clover are paying the postage in addition to recycling all the defunct devices. This is a program that deserves our support so it can go national thus making it easy for anyone to recycle electronics.
The statistics regarding electronic waste are staggering. Hundreds of millions of computers, cell phones, ink cartridges and even televisions are being cast aside for newer improved models. This is one area where we can all do our part.
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