A lot of people always say it's better to recycle because it helps save our planet, but sometimes it's a little difficult to do that when you don't have an easy way to go about it. What if your town doesn't support recycling and it becomes a hassle for you to go out of town just to put a few cans or bottles in a blue can elsewhere? Many people just don't think it's worth it.
And now, behold, a new system to get this Earth-cleaning job done. While you may be thinking you have to take a long trip to some foreign undisclosed location you've never been to, you can simply go to the post office and get rid of any recyclable item you can think of.
Unfortunately, it comes with a price. And I mean a real one.
While there are programs that make it more beneficial for you and the environment to save those items you would normally just throw out, some come with a fee. For example, batteries may seem to be nothing much to throw out, but in fact they can be recycled. A program called Battery Solutions lets you recycle batteries, iPods, cell phones, and other electronical goods that you would simply throw out at any other time. This process has a fee of $24, however, it does come with a pre-paid FedEx label though.
There's a program also for CDs and DVDs, as well as other items relative to the aforementioned, but it comes with a fee of $7. You can send in practically anything electronical, but the fee works for only up to 20lbs worth.
Nike has a program to give back used athletic footwear in which they will turn them into an athletic field for use. It's called Nike's Reuse-A-Shoe.
There are many other programs available for those interested to recycle, but whether it would work is the question. Responses by readers of a Yahoo! article on this topic led me to believe that many are not exactly willing to pay extra money to recycle when they could easily save money by simply throwing it out or giving their used clothes and accessories to the Salvation Army. There is a valid point to this. The money that they would be spending to send in recyclables to benefit businesses would be causing more money to be spent on the same businesses. It would be a cycle; a cycle some may see as vicious. On the other hand, some are seeing this as a way to help the Earth, and even more so the future inhabitants of Earth -- this includes our generation's great grandchildren and further on.
What do you think of this new system? Answer in our poll.
[Source: http://green.yahoo.com/blog/the_conscious_consumer/19/recycling-by-mail.html]
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