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Most of us grew up with the Environmental Protection Agency’s friendly “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” motto, but when it comes to gadgets, being environmentally responsible isn’t quite so easy.
That’s because electronics are neither easy for manufacturers to create nor simple for recyclers to disassemble. On top of that, laws on handling e-waste are inconsistent between countries, states and even cities. Long story short, the biggest problem with recycling gadgets is it’s confusing as hell for consumers.
But it really doesn’t have to be. Below, Gadget Lab rounds up a list of major companies and how their recycling programs work, so your next useless cellphone doesn’t end up taking up space in a drawer or leaching toxics into a landfill. We’ll start with the easiest stuff first and then move on to the more complicated gadgets.
Useful wiki from the folks at Wired on how to recycle your used electronics.