[sudo-discuss] [omni-discuss] E-waste in trash room

[Jenny Ryan]

I intend to make an ewaste run tomorrow, and would greatly appreciate if
someone else in sudo could spearhead an overhaul of our
trash/recycling/ewaste situation!

Jenny

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On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 12:07 PM, David Keenan <dkeenan44 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks patrik for bringing this up.
>
> I think there needs to be an e-waste and bulky waste (non-regular-trash)
> area in sudo room. There used to basically be one, then it disappeared, I
> think that needs to come back. What happens is this stuff gets crammed into
> the trashroom, hallways etc as patrik says and forgotten because its out of
> sight / out of mind. Then others go in and simply throw more, different
> kinds of trash on top of it and make a mess. IE most of the time, it seems
> left for others to take to e-waste, c&d, or the dump. This isn't really
> fair..
>
> I would like to propose to sudo and ccl that e-waste, hazaradous waste,
> bulky items generated by them be stored in Sudo/CCL until you dispose of
> them and not merged with the regular trash. I would also propose this for
> every group with dedicated space in the building, not just Sudo/CCL.
>
> The trash situation has dramatically improved since we first moved in, but
> with the amount of contruction that is about to happen it could really
> truly explode again. Special trips for waste disposal need to be more
> equitably distributed across all the collectives that generate them -
>
> Best,
> David
>
> On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 11:46 AM, Patrik D'haeseleer <patrikd at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm not sure who left all the electronics trash in the trash room, but in
>> matter such as these, my eye turns towards Sudo...
>>
>> Please know that E-Waste does NOT GO IN THE REGULAR TRASH! In fact, it is
>> ILLEGAL to dump electronics with regular trash in California, and we can be
>> fined for doing so.
>>
>> E-Waste is terrible for the environment, and needs to be recycled
>> separately. So don't just toss a bunch of junk in the trash room and expect
>> someone else to deal with it!
>>
>> I would strongly recommend that Sudo sets up an e-Waste recycling
>> container somewhere (maybe with a smaller container on the side for
>> batteries) and then organizes a dropoff whenever it starts filling up.
>> (Also a good place to scavenge for interesting parts for reuse, naturally!)
>>
>> The oakland wiki lists a number of places that will recycle or reuse
>> electronics waste, including cell phones, appliances, and batteries of all
>> sorts:
>>
>> https://localwiki.org/oakland/E-Waste_Recycling
>>
>> Patrik
>>
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