I never thought about it before. Did you know that you can go to Best Buy to recycle your broken electronics? The best part is the program is absolutely free both here and in Puerto Rico. I love companies that do things like this. Carrying about our planet and being a part of the solution is very admirable. Best Buy recycles 387 lbs of electronics each minute their stores are open. That just blows my mind.
Photo credit: Alex E. Proimos / Foter.com / CC BY
According to dosomething.org “the average person generates over 4 pounds of trash every day and about 1.5 tons of solid waste per year.” That is a lot of waste and it is nice to know that Best Buy gives people the option of bringing their electronic waste to the store for disposal. I admit, up until now I didn’t know they had such a program and our old computers always just went out in the trash. I feel really guilty about that now.
Think about it.
The EPA (according to Electronics Take Back Coalition) estimates that 29.9 million desktops and 1 2 million laptops were discarded in 2007. That’s over 112,000 computers discarded per day and I’m sure many of those end up in our local landfills. Best Buy collected 80 million pounds of electronics last year in their program. Can you imagine what that does to planet? It’s pretty scary.
Here are some more random recycling facts:
- Over 75% of waste is recyclable, but we only recycle about 30% of it.
- In 2009, Americans produced enough trash to circle the Earth 24 times.
- Over 87% of Americans have access to curbside or drop-off paper recycling programs.
Did you know that Best Buy carries a whole line of Energy Star certified products as well? Recycle your old electronics and upgrade to more energy efficient ones. To learn more about our Energy Star certified products be sure to read more at Global Promotions – Energy Star.
Disclosure: The reviewer has been compensated in the form of a Best Buy Gift Card and/or received the product/service at a reduced price or for free.
That is good to know. We need to be aware of whatever we can do to take care of our planet.
When I saw that picture I was like “whoa” looked like an episode of hoarders
I didnt know this,,im glad you let us know,thanks