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Old 03-05-2019, 09:40 PM   #8
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Staples once took that stuff. Then Staples got swamped with old electronics. So they changed their policy to only taking something if a consumer purchases a new one.

Many counties no longer take TVs or computers. Which ones? Those are counties littered with TVs and computers in vacant lots.

BTW, same problem is now about to get worse for recycling plastics. Too many Americans do not clean out plastics before putting them in recycle bins. And too many leave all those plastics bundled inside paper or plastic bags. So nations, who once bought and reprocessed American recycle plastics, are now rejecting it. Plastics that are dirty or inside bags have significantly less value.

Strangely enough, oil tankers are still recycled.

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