Many Americans have outdated technology in their homes, especially after the holidays when the average consumer planned to spend a record $232 on electronics gifts, according to the Consumer Electronics Association.<\/p>\n
The average household now has 25 devices, the group says. And a November report, \u201cTackling High-Tech Trash,\u201d<\/a><\/strong> from Demos, a public policy organization focused on economic fairness and sustainability, cited government data showing that Americans owned three billion electronic products, with a turnover rate of about 400 million units each year.<\/p>\n Yet less than 14 percent of those gadgets are recycled, the report noted.<\/p>\n There are, though, many outlets for consumers to recycle, donate or trade-in goods. The Environmental Protection Agency has a list<\/a><\/strong>, and the electronics association provides links<\/a><\/strong> with a ZIP code search feature to find corporate recycling programs and programs for donating used goods to charitable organizations. Earth911<\/a><\/strong> offers an iPhone app.<\/p>\n Best Buy<\/a><\/strong> has been recycling most consumer electronics in its stores for two years. Consumers can drop off, at no charge, smaller items like CDs\/DVDs, rechargeable batteries and cellphones at kiosks at the entrance of its stores.<\/p>\n Read the complete story at The New York Times Personal Tech<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Many Americans have outdated technology in their homes, especially after the holidays when the average consumer planned to spend a record $232 on electronics gifts, according to the Consumer Electronics Association. The average household now has 25 devices, the group says. And a November report, \u201cTackling High-Tech Trash,\u201d from Demos, a public policy organization focused … Continue reading Giving Those Old Gadgets a Proper Green Burial<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3219"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3219"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4509,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3219\/revisions\/4509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}