After a recent cleanup of my office closet, I came across several electronic devices that have been lurking in the corners for some time. A video camera the size of a half gallon of ice cream, several old cell phones with bulky chargers and a palm pilot. (What’s that, you say?) And with only 13% of e-waste being recycled as well as being the fastest growing municipal waste stream, what is a struggling Green Samaritan to do?
A couple of options:
Nextworth will help you sell, upgrade and/or recycle your used gadget or video game the easiest, safest and fastest way possible via in-store with participating merchants like Target or online. With an easy search box to find out what the value of your item is, a pre-paid shipping label is provided to print off and take to the local post office. Once the item is received and inspection completed, cash cards are mailed in about 10 days.
Costco also has a Trade In and Recycle program for members and works in a similar fashion. After an easy search with product pictures to help match the item, any value of the devices will get you a Costco cash card. If the item has no market value (nice way to say really old junk), it will be accepted for recycling. In either case, Costco will provide a free shipping label and box to mail the items back.
Earth 911: Always a great resource to locate places to take in a variety of items.
As it turns out, my devices are really old junk have no market value left so off to the recycling center they will go. Which, quite frankly, is still of great value to me as opposed to the landfill.
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Arlo said,
September 3, 2009 at 2:52 pm
Target has a trade-in program as well…
Jeanne said,
September 4, 2009 at 8:28 pm
Yes, thanks. They also appear to work with Nextworth as a participating merchant too.