June 25th 2008
Long time no see
Not a logo you see here often, but one that hopefully we will all use. To my utter amazement, Best Buy is now offering recycling of computers and other electronic items for FREE. Yup, you heard it correctly FREE. I guess the idea is to get you into the store so they can pressure sell you something. But no matter the motivation the results are the same. And it appears that electronics may not be all. I’ve seen a couple reports that at least some Best Buys will take CD and DVD’s for recycling.
And Best Buy is not the only big box type retailer with recycling news. Home Depot has announced that they will now accept compact fluorescents for recycling at all their nation wide stores. This is a huge step in taking care of one of the problems with these great bulbs.
So, as Green seems to be getting more popular, more and more large retailers are jumping on the bandwagon. The real question will be just how are these companies recycling the items they collect. Is it really Green, or just a case of Greenwashing.
Steve
