Dive summary:
- The Postal Service is working with MaxBack, an electronics recycling company, providing free boxes and shipping of electronics to MaxBack headquarters where they will inspect the product then send cash.
- Washington D.C. post offices are expanding a program to 3,100 locations where customers can send in old electronics for cash.
- If the electronics are damaged and unusable they will be sent to MaxBack’s parent company Environmental Reclamation Services, a zero-landfill, reverse-logistics company.
From the article:
The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has expanded its electronic waste recycling program.
The Washington-based post office said in a news release it has expanded the program to 3,100 retail locations where customers can trade in their old electronic products for cash.
The Postal Service is working with MaxBack, an electronics recycling company that specializes in recycling unwanted electronics or buying them back. The USPS adds that shipping is free. ...
