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Posts tagged “e-waste”

Events Reminder: Chicago Environmental Resource Days

Got some old or broken computers, lawnmowers, or unused paint lying around? Well, mark your calendars and round up your household hazardous waste! Once again, this Saturday, the City of Chicago is off...

Ewaste Wildlife

When old computers shut down for the last time, where do they go to die? If you can’t take your electronics to a recycling center send them to Brenda Guyton, who breathes new life into them. Brenda ...

Chicago's Environmental Resource Days

Got some old or broken computers, lawnmowers, or unused paint lying around? Well, mark your calendars and round up your household hazardous waste! This Saturday the City of Chicago is offering safe di...

Best Local E-Waste Recycling Resources?

A friend of ours asked what he should do with an old under-cabinet light. We didn't know, so he called around. The answer we weren't expecting to hear: "We'll take anything that plugs into a wall, e...

Walk-in and Drop Off Recycling at Best Buy

We've reported before about where to recycle your E-waste a few times, including mention of Best Buy's recycling drop-off kiosks. But now the consumer electronics giant is allowing customers to bring ...

Mail Back Electronic Clutter

We have a drawer at home with old cell phones, a camera battery or two and a broken ipod. We could use this drawer for something else, but often get hung up on exactly where to take these things. A ...

Where to Dump your E-waste this Spring
May is Spring Cleaning Month

We have a love/hate relationship with Spring cleaning. It's definitely nice to purge your home of unnecessary clutter (trust us, you're never going to use that CRT monitor again). But the drawback of ...

Goodwill's Computer Dismantle Program

You know, sometimes this green thing can get a bit depressing. There's a lot of waste out there, and no matter how much of it gets recycled, we always seem to throw more and more away. So it's good ...