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Apple Upgrades Its Recycling Program

By phiggs
Created May 31 2006 - 12:12pm

Yet another reason to switch. [1] Starting next month - which is to say, tomorrow - Apple will recycle [2] your old computer and monitor, from any manufacturer, when you buy a new Mac. So round up those old Dells, HPs, and Commodores. [3]

Order a Mac mini, iMac, or iWhatever at the Apple Store (online [4] or real-world) [5] and the company will send you an e-mail explaining how to get your old box to Cupertino - along with a free FedEx shipping label.

Bonus: According to the press release, [6] "All equipment received by the program is recycled domestically and no hazardous material is shipped overseas." Good for Apple, considering used computers aren't the healthiest additions to the landfill. [7]

Apple is known for pumping consumerist frenzy [8] with its sleek designs and near-annual model overhauls, but the commensurate growth of its e-responsibility [9] - like the 10 percent discount on new iPods [10] when you recycle your old one -- is helping us work through the unrequited lust.



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