Anonymous wrote:There is this amazing thing called the dumpster.
Use the one at your office, church, swing by the closed library
When it’s quiet. Small items. Double bag and toss to the curb.

Magically it’s gone.

Electronics need to be recycled because they contain heavy metals like mercury, lead, and cadmium. Wikipedia reports that 70% of heavy metals in landfills come from electronics that are not recycled. So yeah, electronics recycling is a public health and environmental issue.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_waste

There is this amazing thing called the dumpster.
Use the one at your office, church, swing by the closed library
When it’s quiet. Small items. Double bag and toss to the curb.

Magically it’s gone.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ah yes, the conservatives. Forcing recycling and creating government bureaucracies in metropolitan areas since 1776

Destroying government to make it work poorly since 1964 when LBJ stood up for what was right and signed the Civil Rights Act, kicking the racists out of the Democratic Party into the GOP.

In a normal democracy you just use tax dollars to pay for pickup and dropoff. Instead we have a creaky legal system corrupted by conservatives, and neoliberals designing stupid compromises with conservatives like FSAs and manufacturer fees for recycling.

Tax people. Build a recycling center. Pay Best Buy with tax dollars to recycle electronics. Done.

Yup...So many conservatives messing up DC politics and recycling policies.

Anonymous wrote:It's the same eff'in joke in Montgomery County. Been waiting to recycle a bunch of electronics no longer needed, ended up putting them in the trash (private contractor) because the county recycling center has been closed for two months. Also waiting to donate lots of unwanted clothing, books, etc. but all of the donation bins seem to be shut down and the friends of the MoCo library has been closed as well. Sorry, but we cannot wait forever.

Best Buy will recycle them. We did some computers, accessories and TVs.

It's the same eff'in joke in Montgomery County. Been waiting to recycle a bunch of electronics no longer needed, ended up putting them in the trash (private contractor) because the county recycling center has been closed for two months. Also waiting to donate lots of unwanted clothing, books, etc. but all of the donation bins seem to be shut down and the friends of the MoCo library has been closed as well. Sorry, but we cannot wait forever.

Anonymous wrote:Ah yes, the conservatives. Forcing recycling and creating government bureaucracies in metropolitan areas since 1776

Destroying government to make it work poorly since 1964 when LBJ stood up for what was right and signed the Civil Rights Act, kicking the racists out of the Democratic Party into the GOP.

In a normal democracy you just use tax dollars to pay for pickup and dropoff. Instead we have a creaky legal system corrupted by conservatives, and neoliberals designing stupid compromises with conservatives like FSAs and manufacturer fees for recycling.

Tax people. Build a recycling center. Pay Best Buy with tax dollars to recycle electronics. Done.

You can put them in your recycling bin in your alley...or at least they will fit in your recycling bin... /s

Ah yes, the conservatives. Forcing recycling and creating government bureaucracies in metropolitan areas since 1776

you are overreacting. first, in non-COVID times, any Staples will accept up to 5 items at one time. second, you can try to give them away if they are working. third, there are random community electronics disposal events all the time. finally, you can bring it to ft. totten as you mentioned. how much stuff do you have? Just put them side and slowly get rid of them.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC has a whole initiative dedicated to TV and electronics disposal.

It’s called E-Cycle:

https://doee.dc.gov/ecycle

As part of E-Cycle, consumers are not allowed to dispose of electronics. They must recycle.
Retailers have responsibility too; they must post signs, at minimum.
Manufacturers must register if they sell covered electronics in the city.

This is a huge effort, with a full website.

And yet it’s now INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT for actual consumers to actually recycle electronics.
There are a tiny number of sites listed: Best Buy on 14th, but they may not accept all and you have to pay up to $25. Good luck! Show up and see if they’ll accept it. Apple store for apple products only. Verizon for small electronics. And DC itself hosts a dropoff site in Fort Totten the fifth Saturday of every other month between 10:53 am and 1:22pm.

This is a city of 700,000 people and this is the best they can do? What a mess of neoliberal concession to conservatives that hate government.

Guys, this is easy. Require every electronics retailer to accept electronics. Then pay them per item if you want. Skip the manufacturer and retailer registration BS. MAKE GOVERNMENT EASY.

what do conservatives have to do with this?

Nothing. But never pass up an opportunity to trash conservatives, no matter how tangential or ludicrous the “connection”.

Anonymous wrote:DC has a whole initiative dedicated to TV and electronics disposal.

It’s called E-Cycle:

https://doee.dc.gov/ecycle

As part of E-Cycle, consumers are not allowed to dispose of electronics. They must recycle.
Retailers have responsibility too; they must post signs, at minimum.
Manufacturers must register if they sell covered electronics in the city.

This is a huge effort, with a full website.

And yet it’s now INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT for actual consumers to actually recycle electronics.
There are a tiny number of sites listed: Best Buy on 14th, but they may not accept all and you have to pay up to $25. Good luck! Show up and see if they’ll accept it. Apple store for apple products only. Verizon for small electronics. And DC itself hosts a dropoff site in Fort Totten the fifth Saturday of every other month between 10:53 am and 1:22pm.

This is a city of 700,000 people and this is the best they can do? What a mess of neoliberal concession to conservatives that hate government.

Guys, this is easy. Require every electronics retailer to accept electronics. Then pay them per item if you want. Skip the manufacturer and retailer registration BS. MAKE GOVERNMENT EASY.

what do conservatives have to do with this?

Did you know there's a pandemic going on?

DC has a whole initiative dedicated to TV and electronics disposal.

It’s called E-Cycle:

https://doee.dc.gov/ecycle

As part of E-Cycle, consumers are not allowed to dispose of electronics. They must recycle.
Retailers have responsibility too; they must post signs, at minimum.
Manufacturers must register if they sell covered electronics in the city.

This is a huge effort, with a full website.

And yet it’s now INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT for actual consumers to actually recycle electronics.
There are a tiny number of sites listed: Best Buy on 14th, but they may not accept all and you have to pay up to $25. Good luck! Show up and see if they’ll accept it. Apple store for apple products only. Verizon for small electronics. And DC itself hosts a dropoff site in Fort Totten the fifth Saturday of every other month between 10:53 am and 1:22pm.

This is a city of 700,000 people and this is the best they can do? What a mess of neoliberal concession to conservatives that hate government.

Guys, this is easy. Require every electronics retailer to accept electronics. Then pay them per item if you want. Skip the manufacturer and retailer registration BS. MAKE GOVERNMENT EASY.