The Green & Only Option: Recycle Your Electronics #WhatsInsideYours

Collecting Dust

It was 15 years ago when hubby and I bought our first computer. We had no need for it besides opening up our excel sheet to complete the budget our financial adviser set into place. I laugh now because it was huge and we spent well over $2000 for it. Over the years we used it for more than an excel sheet. I started to work from home once my first maternity leave was over. We used that huge old HP Compaq to its fullest extent for over 8 years.

Quickly times changed and laptops were all the rage, we bought a new laptop and stored away our old electronic computer in the storage room collecting dust. 

The plan was to save it for the kids (at the time we only had one baby.) Just last year we decided that our four kids were finally old enough to have a computer. Of course it has been 7 years since our old computer was stored and we were not dragging out the old huge out-of-date HP Compaq for the kids. Touch screen is the latest technology rage and that was mandatory in our latest purchase.

The point of the story is…. although we thought so many years ago, keeping our original huge old electronic computer for the kids was a smart idea, it was just plain silly. Technology changes daily and storing it for all those years was cluttering space.

How many of you have lots of old electronics sitting around the house?

Recycle Your Electronics

There is a funny video www.recycleyourelectronics.ca is circulating around social media. Since we just completed our first month of back-to-school many families invested in some new technology such as new computers, tablets and other gadgets. Now is the time to reflect on what we bought and remove any old electronics that our cluttering our storage rooms.

What’s inside your old electronics that may be valuable?

Old electronics contain valuable metals such as gold, copper and other rare metals. Recycling your electronics helps ensure fewer of these rare minerals are taken out of our precious earth and dropped into landfills.

By recycling your old electronics using Ontario Electronic Stewardship is a great option for the environment. The parts that still work can be re-used or refurbished. Your old electronics get stripped down and recycled accordingly. Not only are your saving our earth from the extraction of these rare minerals, your also saving the landfill, where your old electronics shouldn’t end up anyways. Plus, refurnished electronics can help a family who may not be able to afford new electronics. All around recycling your old electronics is a win-win situation.

Making It A Family Mission

Let’s all take this opportunity to educate our children and find all our old electronics that are piling in storage or closets. Take an inventory of ways your old electronics can be recycled. Once you all agree it is time to de-clutter from your old electronics visit RecycleYourElectronics.ca to find out where to drop them off. My small city had 3 drop off points, which I never knew existed. Knowledge is the key.

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This article is part one of a three part series to bring awareness to the front lines in Ontario on the importance of recycling your old electronics. This is a sponsored post.