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  • bakla
    Senior Member
    • Oct 2006
    • 902

    Free Recycling By Mail

    Thought this would be useful for the eco-conscious in the US at least:

    http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=61331

    Free Recycling Through the Mail



    WEBWIRE ? Monday, March 17, 2008



    U.S. Postal Service Starts Service in 1,500 Post Offices



    WASHINGTON, DC ?Free and green. Those are the goals of a pilot
    program launched today by the U.S. Postal Service that allows customers
    to recycle small electronics and inkjet cartridges by mailing them free
    of charge.



    The ?Mail Back? program helps consumers make more environmentally
    friendly choices, making it easier for customers to discard used or
    obsolete small electronics in an environmentally responsible way.
    Customers use free envelopes found in 1,500 Post Offices to mail back
    inkjet cartridges, PDAs, Blackberries, digital cameras, iPods and MP3 players ? without having to pay for postage.



    Postage is paid for by Clover Technologies
    Group, a nationally recognized company that recycles, remanufactures
    and remarkets inkjet cartridges, laser cartridges and small
    electronics. If the electronic item or cartridges cannot be refurbished
    and resold, its component parts are reused to refurbish other items, or
    the parts are broken down further and the materials are recycled.
    Clover Technologies Group has a ?zero waste to landfill? policy: it
    does everything it can to avoid contributing any materials to the
    nation?s landfills.



    It was this philosophy that won Clover the contract with the Postal
    Service, besting 19 other companies, said Anita Bizzotto, chief marketing officer and executive vice president for the Postal Service.



    ?As one of the nation?s leading corporate citizens, the Postal
    Service is committed to environmental stewardship,? Bizzotto said.
    ?This program is one more way the Postal Service is empowering
    consumers to go green.?



    The free, postage-paid Mail Back envelopes can be found on displays in Post Office lobbies. There is no limit to the number of envelopes customers may take.



    The pilot is set for 10 areas across the country, including
    Washington, D.C., Chicago, Los Angeles and San Diego, but could become
    a national program this fall if the pilot program proves successful.



    The Postal Service recycles 1 million tons of paper, plastic and
    other materials annually. Last year, USPS generated more than $7.5
    million in savings through recycling and waste prevention programs. The
    nation?s environmental watchdog, the Environmental Protection Agency
    (EPA) has awarded the Postal Service eight WasteWise Partner of the
    Year awards, the agency?s top honor.



    The Mail Back program is another example of the Postal Service?s
    commitment to sustainability. USPS is the only shipping or mailing
    company in the nation to receive Cradle to CradleSM Certification from
    MBDC (McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry) for human and environmental
    health. More than half a billion packages and envelopes provided by the
    Postal Service annually are nearly 100 percent recyclable and are
    produced with the least harmful materials. Based on the recycled
    content of these envelopes and packages, more than 15,000 metric tons
    of carbon equivalent emissions (climate change gases) now are prevented
    annually.



    ?We know our customers are interested in real solutions for proper
    disposal of personal electronics,? Bizzotto said. ?Everyone from
    consumers to businesses to non-profit organizations use the mail, and
    the Postal Service works to manage resources wisely to minimize
    environmental impact.?

  • Faust
    kitsch killer
    • Sep 2006
    • 37852

    #2
    Re: Free Recycling By Mail

    I could totally use this - I have an incredible amount of chargers, wires, and other crap.
    Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde

    StyleZeitgeist Magazine

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    • kira
      Senior Member
      • Mar 2008
      • 2353

      #3
      Re: Free Recycling By Mail

      me too. it just sits around and you feel bad about throwing it away so you dont. and it just keeps collecting...would really aid in my spring cleaning purge going on right now. perfect. thanks bakla.
      Distraction is an obstruction of the construction.

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      • DHC
        Senior Member
        • Jul 2007
        • 2155

        #4
        Re: Free Recycling By Mail

        Excellent!! Thanks for the post. I hope it encourages everyone on the board to utilize this service. I'd love to see this pilot turn program nationwide. Gotta love the USPS! [Y]
        Originally posted by Faust
        fuck you, i don't have an attitude problem.

        Sartorialoft

        "She is very ninja, no?" ~Peter Jevnikar

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        • philip nod
          Senior Member
          • Aug 2007
          • 5903

          #5
          Re: Free Recycling By Mail

          usps, not right now they lost my ccp gloves
          One wonders where it will end, when everything has become gay.

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          • DHC
            Senior Member
            • Jul 2007
            • 2155

            #6
            Re: Free Recycling By Mail

            [:O] Are you shitting me?! Sorry to hear that P...[:(]
            Originally posted by Faust
            fuck you, i don't have an attitude problem.

            Sartorialoft

            "She is very ninja, no?" ~Peter Jevnikar

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            • philip nod
              Senior Member
              • Aug 2007
              • 5903

              #7
              Re: Free Recycling By Mail

              well they ripped i so sent them to ccp, so they have been in the system for 2 weeks on the way to ccp w a tracking number that says they never picked them up from mail boxes etc. i sent a package to japan at the same time and it arrived last week. the mail boxes people say that the italian post is slow. but i guess i have to wait another week or so before i raise hell. these gloves are cursed. ripped twice and got lost in the mail...nice.
              One wonders where it will end, when everything has become gay.

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              • sbw4224
                Senior Member
                • Sep 2006
                • 571

                #8
                Re: Free Recycling By Mail

                pnod, I'd give it a little more time. My experience has been that once USPS delivers an item to a European country it can take anywhere from a day to another week and a half for the item to get delivered. For example, I've sent quite a few packages to the UK, all USPS airmail. Some have gotten there within 2 weeks, others took nearly a month. Hopefully everything will work out!

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