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Samsung offering a recycling program in the US

Thank you Samsung for deciding to launch a recycling program in the 50 states. With the exception of appliances, you can drop off any Samsung consumer electronics at various drop-off points. Here is the Samsung Recycling Direct website. If you’re looking for more recycling resources, just do a search on our site as we’ve covered [...]

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Gazelle website will pay for your old electronics

We’ve featured a number of sites that will either recycle or help you recycle your old electronics and gadgets, but here’s one with a twist. If it’s relatively recent (based on their database of items on their site), they (Gazelle) will pay you some cash to take it off your hands. They then either resell [...]

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Chess Set made of recycled auto parts

It’s a bit hard to tell from the picture, but the pieces in this chess were made entirely of old parts from auto and mechanical parts! For example, the bishop’s head is a spark plug and the rook’s head is a cog. Pretty styling. Gimme! Price: $207.95 (Please note prices are subject to change and [...]

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Wash Clothes with Plastic Chips, Only 1 cup of water

Professor Stephen Burkinshaw, a professor of textile chemistry, at the University of Leeds has invented a new washing machine that uses plastic chips and only 1 cup of water per load. The chips can be used about 100 times and leave clothes just as clean as traditional washers, but less than 2% of the water [...]

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EPA’s Recycling Resources

There really isn’t too much of this information available today and we’re going to do our best to spread the word that ecycling is absolutely necessary. The government agency, the EPA, has a good list of local programs, links and vendor resources listed conveniently on a page on their website. Please don’t throw your electronic [...]

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GCycle – New website that helps you locate recycling locations near you

G4 (yes, the cable TV channel) has launched a website, called Gcycle, devoted to helping you find locations near you that will recycle electronics, batteries, computers, etc. Although there are already similar sites out there, they certainly aren’t as flashy. This one is totally done in Adobe Flash and is a little ‘jumpy’, but then [...]

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Recycle Your Old Gizmos at MyBoneYard.com

The Geeks came across an interesting site for Geeks with too many Gizmos and Gadgets that they no longer need. MyBoneYard.com allow eco-conscience consumers to recycle userd and newly upgraded Gizmos in a simple and safe way. Using MyBoneYard.com, consumers can recycle those computers that are far less hip than today’s flat-screens and those cell [...]

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Save Paper: Digitize Your Life with the Ironkey USB

While we’ve talked about using USB Flash Drives to hold your life in times of disaster, as part of that preparedness you can use these devices to help save trees. The first step is simply requesting to receive your statements online instead of receiving paper statements from your banks, credit cards, cell phone carriers and [...]

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Touchless Recycling Bin

Healthy for both the earth, and your family! Toss recyclables into the separate bins of this hands-free recycling bin without touching a sticky, dirty lid or stepping on an awkward pedal. This new 60 Liter Recycle Touchless Trashcan NX model has two 30 liter separated compartments. One compartment for trash and one for recycle, or [...]

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Costco Offers Electronics Recycling, Pays Members

Some great news for fans of the environment and Costco members. Costco has teamed up with GreenSight Technologies to offer its members the ability to trade-in/recycle electronics such as PCs, monitors, cameras, cell phones, and printers. Better still, this service is free and even better yet, if the product you’re returning has some value, you [...]

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