Recycling E-waste the right way

The Times profiles "e-Scrap", an E-waste recycling company that vows to have a "zero landfill policy". It's clearly a problem in need of solving:

Finding ways to dispose of America’s increasingly large stream of e-waste is difficult: an estimated 133,000 computers are discarded by homes and businesses every day. In a 2006 report, the International Association of Electronics Recyclers estimated that about 400 million pieces of e-waste are scrapped each year. And while some prominent manufacturers, like Dell and Hewlett-Packard, have agreed to recycle their own equipment, such programs have so far made only a modest difference.

For the Digitally Deceased, a Profitable Graveyard [NYTimes]

Previously • Video: 60 Minutes tackles exported E-waste

[#1 posted by KurtMac , November 13, 2008 10:27 AM]

All the attention in the news and blogodome to the e-waste problem, particularly the situation in China, got me thinking that the business of e-recycling (the proper, safe, socially responsible recycling without exporting) could be a big new industry in the coming decade. If I was any bit of an entrepreneur I would look into the possibilities for it because, it seems, widespread problems get solved when the solutions are profitable. These e-Scrap guys obviously thought of it too and have implemented a system, though, as the article mentions, their efforts are only a small drop in a big pond at this point.

[#2 posted by Fred Rated , November 14, 2008 9:37 AM]

This place is absolute solid gold in Portland, OR, but there are other Freegeeks in North America.

http://freegeek.org/family.php

[#3 posted by Harry , November 16, 2008 11:30 AM]

Mo' recyclin over at the Popular Mechanics:

"Is Recycling Worth It? Popular Mechanics Investigates its Economic and Environmental Impact"

http://www.popularmechanics.com/home_journal/how_your_house_works/4291566.html