There is no scenario where a company doing this would not be paid for by customers in a roundabout way. So if we want to require that every company to do this, that means every company is going to balance their finances to make it happen and if it costs them money, it costs us money.
Well, even so it should probably be don’t just to make sure electronics can be recycled.
Like paying a $5 disposal fee when you buy your new tires so you can dispose of them for free when they’re done. Or a $20 disposal fee for a new mattress.
Pay a $5 disposal fee for your new electronics and then all electronic retailers should be required to take the old ones and have a way to recycle them.
Yeah I agree the fee should be up front, otherwise customers aren’t gonna do it. And it should be mandatory that companies participate. There’s way too much consumer waste.
amazon’s local showrooms… err, i mean bestbuy locations across the u.s., accepts many things for recycling–at no charge. including cell phones, desktops, laptops, all-in-ones, and printers. details here
Make the vendor responsible for actual recycling and this issue goes away over night
https://www.apple.com/shop/open/free_recycling
It’s not really free, but it’s there as an option.
It’s not at all free - you pay for it when you buy their new product. This is just sale incentives.
There is no scenario where a company doing this would not be paid for by customers in a roundabout way. So if we want to require that every company to do this, that means every company is going to balance their finances to make it happen and if it costs them money, it costs us money.
Well, even so it should probably be don’t just to make sure electronics can be recycled.
Like paying a $5 disposal fee when you buy your new tires so you can dispose of them for free when they’re done. Or a $20 disposal fee for a new mattress.
Pay a $5 disposal fee for your new electronics and then all electronic retailers should be required to take the old ones and have a way to recycle them.
Yeah I agree the fee should be up front, otherwise customers aren’t gonna do it. And it should be mandatory that companies participate. There’s way too much consumer waste.
amazon’s local showrooms… err, i mean bestbuy locations across the u.s., accepts many things for recycling–at no charge. including cell phones, desktops, laptops, all-in-ones, and printers. details here
It’s true, they make a good profit by recycling those things too from what I’ve heard