Sunday, June 8, 2008

Costco Electronics Recycling and Trade-In Program

I just found out that Costco has a program through Greensight that allows you to "trade-in" your old electronics (MP3 players, computers, digital cameras and camcorders, games, lcd monitors, and PDAs) . The trade-in estimator online will tell you how much your item is worth, and then they pay for shipping for you to ship it to them. If your item has no trade in value, they will accept it for recycling, and still pay for shipping. (They also accept, for recycling only, fax machines, CRT monitors, and printers).

And the items really are truly "recycled"! Here's what they say about their recycling program: Our recycling program employs a zero tolerance landfill policy meaning all of the material that is subject to recycling is disassembled by hand, carefully separated and eventually utilized as feedstock for various raw material extraction processes (including smelting and refining).

You do have to be a Costco member...

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