What does one do with a dead mouse?
I'm talking the computer variety, not
the rodent.
For that matter, what does one do with
a dead printer, because I've got one that's been taking up room in my office
for... since before I had an 'official' office. Or a dead cell phone? (I've got
2 of those.)
In all these cases, it costs less to
get a new one than to fix what you have. Here we go with planned obsolescence
and adding to the landfill again. In my city, those who pick up the garbage
& recycling don't pick up computers, computer accessories or other
electronics like phones.
This is probably a good thing, because
we don't need the various materials used to make electronic gadgets winding up
buried. The minerals would probably morph into some kind of ore, given enough
time, but does plastic ever break
down? Would future archeologists dig down to find old printers and mice,
smudged but still in the original shape? I don't think the plastic would even
fossilize, no matter how much time was involved.
Now, I understand that computers need
to be recycled. I just don't know how to do that. Wherever they recycle
computers, do they take the accessories and things like cell phones as well?
And do they charge me to let them
recycle my dead things?
Recycling should be made as easy as
possible, or people won't do it. I don't want to hunt down the computer
recyclers; I'm not a private eye. They should make it easy for me to find them.
Why don't the places that sell computers and accessories let their customers
know where these types of things can be recycled? Why doesn't the city trash
collectors include that information in the monthly newsletter they mail out?
As for paying somebody to do the
recycling of my dead items... that rankles. I don't notice that I'm paying for
my household recycling to be picked up, because my taxes help pay for that, and
they won't go down if I don't recycle. But every time I have to pay for the
disposal of a dead car battery, old tires, used-up oil... I pay the fee,
because the law says I have to, but it leaves me feeling cheated.
But, to get back to the subject.
Anybody know how I dispose of a dead mouse?
