Is there a responsible way of geting rid of old electronics......

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......such as Kindles, Walkpersons, GPSes, smart phones. dumb phones, Navaids....etc? I would be more willing to buy new technology even if my older gear works well if I knew I could do something useful with the older unit. I do not like putting decent, working gear into the rubbish bin and I cannot be alone. Should not providers / retailers be liable for accepting old stuff and sending it to a responsible recycling agency?

Or do they? Anyway, they don't min Spain !!!

Hasta luego.
Colin.

PS Ampolla between VLC and BCN is an undiscovered anchorage waiting for you.....and for me to day-sail on your yacht!
 
Take it to your local dump and put it in the electronics cage?

That way, your local council can sell at great profit it to a sweatshop in Africa, where young children burn the insulation off wires to recover the copper and melt the PCBs to recover silver and gold.

call me cynical....
 
Apple take theirs back in the shops. In theory all electronics sellers are responsible under the WEEE directive in Europe for recycling electronics and electrical equipment. Your local dump should have a separate section for these good which by law have to be recycled where possible. The manufacturers for a while have also been responsible for making goods recyclable which is why the iPad and similar are glued together rather than screwed, and also the reason the MacBook is now aluminium.
 
AngusMcDoon said:
Why does that make them more recyclable? Not disagreeing, just interested...
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More recyclable but less repairable might be in Apple's interests. That aside, perhaps they can be easily if terminally dismantled by sticking them in an oven and giving them a good shake. Might be cheaper than faffing about with tiny torx bits.
 
AngusMcDoon said:
Why does that make them more recyclable? Not disagreeing, just interested...
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Because (apparently) they put them in an oven which melts the glue and the components fall apart. Using screws means you either need to smash it into dust to separate or unscrew it to separate which would make recycling prohibitively expensive. This is quite a common technique these days, not just an apple thing. Microsoft did the same on the surface.
 
JumbleDuck said:
More recyclable but less repairable might be in Apple's interests. That aside, perhaps they can be easily if terminally dismantled by sticking them in an oven and giving them a good shake. Might be cheaper than faffing about with tiny torx bits.
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Sorry, should have read page 2 before replying!
 
Many thanks, esp to the info about freecycle and freegle which I have never heard of. I don't consider eBay because postage out of Spain is exhorbitant and totally contra-entreprenuership (sp?) ...... Yes, I know this forum has a for-sale section and maybe I should use that. However, in this disposable economy we live in, I am still worried about buying new and the disposal of something that still has some life left in it......now. take my wife



sorry? what?
 
Daydream believer said:
Lob it in the front garden along with the old mattress & the fridge
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Neighbours of mine in Edinburgh put a fridge on the pavement with a sign saying "Free fridge. Good working order. Please take me." and it was still there four days later. So they changed the sign to say "Good fridge. £30. Enquire within." and it was stolen within two hours.
 
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