U.S. Postal Service introduces recycling by mail
The U.S. Postal service has piloted a program that accepts small electronics and inkjet cartridges from individuals who want to “recycle” them by mail.
Postage-free envelopes are available at 1,500 pilot centers located in California, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Northern Virginia and Baltimore, Md for people to send in old cell phones, personal data assistants, MP3 players, digital cameras, iPods, inkjet cartridges and other small electronic items.
The Postal Service is testing the program in several states and, if successful, may launch the program on a national scale.
Clover Technologies Group, a company that recycles and remarkets inkjet cartridges, laser cartridges and small electronics, has offered to foot the bill. It then remanufactures or remarkets the mailed items. In cases where the items can’t be remade, the component parts are reused or broken down further and the materials recycled.
The USPS says it awarded the contract to Clover because of its “zero waste to landfill” policy.
The U.S. Postal service has piloted a program that accepts small electronics and inkjet cartridges from individuals who want to “recycle” them by mail.
Postage-free envelopes are available at 1,500 pilot centers located in California, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Northern Virginia and Baltimore, Md for people to send in old cell phones, personal data assistants, MP3 players, digital cameras, iPods, inkjet cartridges and other small electronic items.
The Postal Service is testing the program in several states and, if successful, may launch the program on a national scale.
Clover Technologies Group, a company that recycles and remarkets inkjet cartridges, laser cartridges and small electronics, has offered to foot the bill. It then remanufactures or remarkets the mailed items. In cases where the items can’t be remade, the component parts are reused or broken down further and the materials recycled.
The USPS says it awarded the contract to Clover because of its “zero waste to landfill” policy.
