Tomorrow is Electronics Recycling Day

Recycling hazardous materials is great. . . usually.

Where do these electronics go? Will they end up in some hellscape in India or China where the components are mined for precious metals. Or will it be done with some oversight and regulation here in the states?

Unless you wanted for some reason to wait for an event like this, you wouldn't have had to do the "just waiting to hear when the next urban recycling day" part for 6 months.

Goodwill says they always accept electronics donations.
http://www.goodwillwny.org/donation_information.html
"Electronics
Besides computers and computer parts, Goodwill encourages all electronic donations such as video-gaming systems, televisions, radios, cell phones, VCR's, DVD players, etc."

The urban recycling is so much better than the suburban recycling. So are you going to walk all your stuff their or carry it on your bike? The intentionally implicit use of the term "urban" is intended to conjure up a more green recycle method where alll are assumed to merely walk to the zoo with a TV slung over their shoulder or on the handlebars of their fixie.

Let's get one thing straight, that place will be lined with idling cars and trucks belching exhaust and loaded with the disposable items symbolic of the conspicuous consumption mentality of ALL America; urban, suburban or rural.

Nothing in the entire lifecycle of these prodcts are environmentally friendly, green, sustainable, or whatever the newest trope is.

So driving from Elmwood to the Zoo is really not much more environmentally friendly than driving to the suburbs. Its absurd to be bombarded here with false sustainable sensibilites by the urbanites whose streets are clogged with the cars they still rely on to get to work, shopping, visit friends, etc.

Don't confuse walkable with sustainable. Because you walk for a cup of coffee doesn't mean your environmentally friendly when you drive to the suburbs 5 days a week to work.

Yeah, don't let the fact that a suburban lifestyle uses more energy, natural resources, and creates more pollution get in the way of your rant. As for "conspicuous consumption", again, don't let the fact that suburbanites lead both rural and city dwellers in the purchasing of consumer crap as well.

ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGH! ! !

youre all doing it again.

(head banging on wall).

Buffalo ReUse accepts e-waste everyday.

That's awesome. Two days notice is awesome. Maybe the city or the zoo could have done a better job of getting the word out.