According to the EPA, electronic waste accounted for 1.5 percent of waste in the United States in 2006. According to the International Association of Electronic Recyclers, in 2006 15 to 20 percent on Electronic waste was recycled. This is up from the 10 to 15 percent in 2003. A lot of this increase is due to corporations like Best Buy and Office Depot instigating programs to help encourage consumers to recycle their old or unwanted electronics. Best buy started sponsoring drop off events all around the country where people could bring their electronics that they wanted recycled. Sony offered customers $15 off a new TV purchase is they brought an old on to the store to be recycled. These are just a couple of the efforts that many customers are making towards higher electronic recycling percentages. You might be asking, are these companies just doing these things to get better PR? That could be the case, and for some of them it probably is but the fact of the matter is that no matter what the reason, their actions are making a positive impact. I think we need to take a look at the good that some companies do every now and then instead of just always looking at the bad.
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| Just one of the many drop off events sponsored by Best Buy. Photo taken by Maria C- Flickr.com |
"Corporations Step up Recycling Efforts"- environmental Leader
http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/01/31/corporations-step-up-recycling-efforts/
Dear Egraham7,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading this blog post about electronic recycling. I think you have some very good insight to recycling in the corporate world. In your post, you said that electronic waste accounts for 1.5 percent of waste in the United States. This number came as a big shock to me. I had figured it would be a lot higher considering all of the old phones and televisions that people throw out. You also said that you believe some corporations deserve recognition for the positive efforts they are making. I could not agree with you more on this idea. People tend to focus only on the negative effects of corporations and hardly every see the good things they are capable of doing. I like that you understand that corporations are not all bad. I want to thank you for writing this blog post. I really like your view on corporations and that will keep me coming back to read. You have a very intelligent writing style and I cant wait to see what comes next.
Dear Erica,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading this blog. many blogs talk about the bad things companies have done to the environment but it was nice to read about companies that are helping it. i like how you gave different examples of companies, that we all know, that are helping people to recycle. the point i liked the most was when you mentioned that whether or not these companies are doing this as a way to to gain PR it is still helping the environment. this was a great post to read and look forward to reading more of these kinds of posts. thank you!