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Google “recycling a broken toaster” Results. Here are some options. Call the Store or Retailer. ... Bring it to Your Local Household Hazardous Waste Collec

Google “recycling a broken toaster” Results. Here are some options. Call the Store or Retailer. ... Bring it to Your Local Household Hazardous Waste Collection Facility. ... Donate to Goodwill. ... Donate to Local Charity. ... Contact a Certified Recycler. ...

teeray 6y ago
Honestly it’d be nice for a comprehensive “make it gone” service. Like, the last thing I want to hear is “sorry, we don’t take that” when I’ve decided to part with something. I just want it to be reused if it’s perfectly good, or disposed of if not. If it’s hard to dispose of, charge me accordingly. If you make it hard for people to get rid of things, they will find an easy way to do it (e.g. those rando tube TVs in the woods)
- a_t48 6y ago
  1800GOTJUNK and friends are basically this, though you get charged anyhow.
  - chaoticmass 6y ago
    I've used Junk King before when moving and I had way too much stuff to deal with. I filled up an entire truck (furniture, mattress, tons of old computers and other ewaste) and I think it cost me about $400. Considering how much time and effort it would have taken me to properly dispose/recycle all of the stuff, I think it was a fair deal. I can only hope the industry is regulated well enough that they're not just sending it all to the landfill.
    - bombcar 6y ago
      They MIGHT take a quick look for some metals but most likely it all goes straight to the landfill. Technically they're not supposed to take e-waste or other hazardous materials but they're very good at turning a blind eye unless you make it quite obvious that you filled it all with biohazards.
      - macintux 5y ago
        > They MIGHT take a quick look for some metals but most likely it all goes straight to the landfill. Every time I get a dumpster in my driveway I have strangers show up wanting to dig through it for metal. I wouldn't be surprised if Junk King is careful to sift out anything they can get paid for.
- ars 6y ago
  That exists already (all those "Got Junk" companies). What's lacking is: A "guilt free" way to throw something out, believing someone else will find a use for it. (It's an emotional thing basically.) And a free way to throw stuff out. Like the city that banned throwing away TVs (it costs quite a bit to throw them out). So what do people do? They dump them in front of public parks, then the city gets called to deal with it "it's on public property", and the city pays to dispose of it. So basically, the city takes care of TV garbage, just like regular garbage, only with extra steps.
  - bombcar 6y ago
    What I do with larger items is leave them on the curb for a few days - if nobody bothers to stop and take it, then I've been confirmed that it's junk and away to the landfill it goes.
    - sunsipples 5y ago
      We have a kerbside collection 2 times a year for "large rubbish" removal by the local council. You could mistake it for a street festival at times as you see people walking down the road with what they find of use/value and people in utes or towing trailers picking up an old couch they can use. then a few days later, they council picks up whats left and disposes of it. we have a local e-waste facility that also 2 times a year hold a free drop off weekend so households can drop off old batteries/car batteries/lights and such that either are not part of the council pickup or could result in broken glass etc in public spaces. we initially trialed a giveaway/barter event which had limited success (terrible timing) and the council took what was left for disposal and were happier about it being in a carpark than the usual cleanup of a swapmeet on a grassed field.
  - mtlynch 6y ago
    I'm a member of my community's local Buy Nothing project[0] on Facebook. I find it a decent way to get rid of stuff I don't want anymore and know that it's going directly to someone who can use it. The process is pretty clunky because a lot of people will claim an item, agree to pick it up, and just never show, so it wastes everyone's time re-offering it to other people who wanted it until someone shows up. It looks like they're launching an official app[1], so I'm interested to see how that affects things. I'd love to see something like a reputation history so you can avoid dealing with people who habitually waste everyone's time. [0] https://buynothingproject.org/ https://buynothingproject.org/ [1] https://buynothingproject.org/2021/05/04/buynothing-app-press-release-1/ https://buynothingproject.org/2021/05/04/buynothing-app-pres...
- saalweachter 5y ago
  I think a (robotics) startup to process garbage to reclaim as much reusable material as possible while sorting the remainder for recycling and disposal could be a lot of fun.

teeray 6y ago

Honestly it’d be nice for a comprehensive “make it gone” service. Like, the last thing I want to hear is “sorry, we don’t take that” when I’ve decided to part with something. I just want it to be reused if it’s perfectly good, or disposed of if not. If it’s hard to dispose of, charge me accordingly. If you make it hard for people to get rid of things, they will find an easy way to do it (e.g. those rando tube TVs in the woods)

a_t48 6y ago
1800GOTJUNK and friends are basically this, though you get charged anyhow.
- chaoticmass 6y ago
  I've used Junk King before when moving and I had way too much stuff to deal with. I filled up an entire truck (furniture, mattress, tons of old computers and other ewaste) and I think it cost me about $400. Considering how much time and effort it would have taken me to properly dispose/recycle all of the stuff, I think it was a fair deal. I can only hope the industry is regulated well enough that they're not just sending it all to the landfill.
  - bombcar 6y ago
    They MIGHT take a quick look for some metals but most likely it all goes straight to the landfill. Technically they're not supposed to take e-waste or other hazardous materials but they're very good at turning a blind eye unless you make it quite obvious that you filled it all with biohazards.
    - macintux 5y ago
      > They MIGHT take a quick look for some metals but most likely it all goes straight to the landfill. Every time I get a dumpster in my driveway I have strangers show up wanting to dig through it for metal. I wouldn't be surprised if Junk King is careful to sift out anything they can get paid for.
ars 6y ago
That exists already (all those "Got Junk" companies). What's lacking is: A "guilt free" way to throw something out, believing someone else will find a use for it. (It's an emotional thing basically.) And a free way to throw stuff out. Like the city that banned throwing away TVs (it costs quite a bit to throw them out). So what do people do? They dump them in front of public parks, then the city gets called to deal with it "it's on public property", and the city pays to dispose of it. So basically, the city takes care of TV garbage, just like regular garbage, only with extra steps.
- bombcar 6y ago
  What I do with larger items is leave them on the curb for a few days - if nobody bothers to stop and take it, then I've been confirmed that it's junk and away to the landfill it goes.
  - sunsipples 5y ago
    We have a kerbside collection 2 times a year for "large rubbish" removal by the local council. You could mistake it for a street festival at times as you see people walking down the road with what they find of use/value and people in utes or towing trailers picking up an old couch they can use. then a few days later, they council picks up whats left and disposes of it. we have a local e-waste facility that also 2 times a year hold a free drop off weekend so households can drop off old batteries/car batteries/lights and such that either are not part of the council pickup or could result in broken glass etc in public spaces. we initially trialed a giveaway/barter event which had limited success (terrible timing) and the council took what was left for disposal and were happier about it being in a carpark than the usual cleanup of a swapmeet on a grassed field.
- mtlynch 6y ago
  I'm a member of my community's local Buy Nothing project[0] on Facebook. I find it a decent way to get rid of stuff I don't want anymore and know that it's going directly to someone who can use it. The process is pretty clunky because a lot of people will claim an item, agree to pick it up, and just never show, so it wastes everyone's time re-offering it to other people who wanted it until someone shows up. It looks like they're launching an official app[1], so I'm interested to see how that affects things. I'd love to see something like a reputation history so you can avoid dealing with people who habitually waste everyone's time. [0] https://buynothingproject.org/ https://buynothingproject.org/ [1] https://buynothingproject.org/2021/05/04/buynothing-app-press-release-1/ https://buynothingproject.org/2021/05/04/buynothing-app-pres...
saalweachter 5y ago
I think a (robotics) startup to process garbage to reclaim as much reusable material as possible while sorting the remainder for recycling and disposal could be a lot of fun.