E-waste recycling guide: How to get rid of computer parts, old phones

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My apartment is rife with black holes. There’s the space between my hamper and dresser, where garments that need mending go — never to re-emerge. There’s the smallest drawer in my kitchen, jam-packed with plastic utensils and forgotten coupons. And then, of course, there’s the second drawer down in my desk: the tech drawer

My tech drawer is a repository for all the tech accessories I’ve ever acquired in my adult life. It’s full of things I don’t have any use for, but have never bothered to get rid of. That’s because it’s easier to stick obsolete wires and digital cameras in object purgatory than it is to figure out how to get rid of them. Read more…

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This sleek indoor composter can help you reduce food waste and save the planet at the same time

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Sorry, millennials: A latte tax might be coming to make takeaway coffee cups more expensive

They may take our lattes, but they will never take our freedom. 
UK politicians want the government to introduce a 25p (33 cents) “latte levy” on disposable coffee cups in an effort to eliminate waste. MPs say if cup recycling doesn’t improve dr…

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This tech startup is trying to tackle waste in Africa

Kenya has a waste management problem, especially in the country’s capital of Nairobi. As of 2016, Nairobi was producing around 2,400 tons of waste every day but only 38 percent of that trash was collected and less than 10 percent was recycled. That resulted in the remaining 62 percent being left on illegal dumpsites or getting burned. Read More

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