Yeah, you read right. According to Yahoo’s Tech blog (via Computerworld), the U.S. Post Office is running a “Mail Back” program in ten cities, including Green Mama’s home city Washington, D.C. Yahoo Tech explains:
Your recycled technology is mailed to Clover Technologies Group, who is partnering with the Post Office and who is promising to recycle, resell, or remanufacture all parts of your gadget so that nothing ends up in a landfill.
Oh, and if you didn’t catch it in the title, this program is free! Check with your local post office to participate.
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March 27th, 2008 at 8:41 pm
I just saw that at the post office in McLean yesterday! Very exciting, isn’t it?
March 27th, 2008 at 10:13 pm
Be careful… I would thoroughly check out the recycling company before you decide to go this route. Many companies make promises like this, then ship the parts overseas where work is cheap and regulations are limited. There have been cases of farmers in China melting down gadgets in woks to get out the profitable pieces, then dumping the rest in the landfill. This is of course not good for the people or the environment. If the recycling company can’t tell you exactly what will happen to all of the pieces of your donations, you can’t be sure they’re doing the right thing…
April 7th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
Follow up:
For anyone who wants to do more research on this, according to NPR, the company the post office is using is Clover Technologies Group.
http://www.clovertech.com/