Fwd: From One Lap to Another - Recycling Laptops & their Batteries

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> Monday, May 22, 2006

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> IDEAL BITE ~ a sassier shade of green

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> Today's Daily Tip: From One Lap to Another -

> Recycling Laptops & their

> Batteries

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> Wondering what to do with your laptop and its

> batteries once it’s time

> for retirement?

>

> The Bite:

> Laptops have a higher turnover rate than cashiers at

> KFC, but

> recycling your laptop batteries is usually free and

> as easy as taking

> them to a nearby drop-off spot. The laptop itself

> can donated or

> traded-in for credit.

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> The Benefits:

> - Emptier landfills. An average of 220 tons of

> computers and other

> “e-waste” is dumped annually; much of this could be

> reused or

> recycled.

> - Close the technology gap. Donating computers to

> non-profits helps

> people who can’t afford a computer acquire the

> needed tech skills to

> improve their job prospects.

> - You get a tax rebate.

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> Personally Speaking

> Heather’s donating her old laptop to one of the

> Bite’s interns so that

> the green love keeps on giving. Jen sold her old

> Sony laptop to

> Toshiba for recycling when she purchased her

> computer through

> Toshiba’s online store.

> (http://toshiba.eztradein.com/toshiba/)

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>

> Wanna Try?

> - Computer Recycling - a primer from GreenBiz.

>

(http://www.greenbiz.com/toolbox/essentials_third.cfm?LinkAdvID=4159)

> - HP Trade-In Program - trade any product, any brand

> for credit or

> donate for a tax break. Recycle obsolete models for

> a small fee.

>

(http://www.hp.com/united-states/tradein/home_flash.html)

> - Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation - #1

> non-profit of its

> kind, with a list of drop-off points across the

> country.

> (http://www.rbrc.org/call2recycle/index.html)

> - Share the Technology - get rid of your old

> equipment, snag a tax

> deduction, and help cool non-profits.

> (http://sharetechnology.org/)

> - ENERGY STAR Computers - next time you buy, buy

> energy-efficient.

>

(http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=find_a_product.showProductGroup & \

pgw_code=CO)

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>

> Bang for the Bite Rating: 5 Apples (out of 5)

> Avoid contributing to what equates to the weight of

> 66,667 WWII Army

> tanks of “e-waste” (TVs, computers, phones…) each

> year, while helping

> others and putting some green back into your pocket.

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>

> Cocktail Tip

> An international survey of taxi drivers found that

> Londoners leave

> their laptops in the backs of cabs more often than

> the inhabitants of

> any other city.

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> Conscious Consumer

> Want better stuff but don’t know where to look? Try

> New Dream’s

> Conscious Consumer website. Find links to online and

> local sources of

> all sorts of goods and services that are better for

> the planet and the

> people who live on it. Get the scoop on recycling,

> eco-labels, and how

> companies stack up on the environmental and social

> responsibility

> scale. (http://www.newdream.org/consumer/index.php)

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