LES Ecology Center is accepting e-waste at pop-up sites through November

One of the innumerous impacts of the coronavirus pandemic is that it halted the NYC Department of Sanitation's recycling program that picks up your e-waste by appointment. The program is still paused, and information technology isn't set to resume its normal metre of accepting e-waste at drop-off sites until at to the lowest degree June 2021.

Thankfully, you have a few discourteous-term options if you need to get rid of some tech in the coming weeks.

Earlier in the pandemic, the Lower East Side (LES) Ecology Shopping center drop-off site warm the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn permanently shut its doors. It was one of the some drop-off sites in New York City City that standard and recycled e-waste, diverting 1 million pounds of e-languish from landfills in 2018, according to Christine Datz-Romero, LES Ecology Center co-fall flat and executive director.

However, the LES Ecology Center is now partnering with recyclers to take on your e-waste — impermanent surgery not — each weekend throughout Nov, with more dates likely happening in the future if case counts of COVID-19 remain low near the planned ingathering sites. These pop-up sites will be in a various location each week, thus check for that on its calendar of events. And earlier you move on, make a point what you receive to reuse will exist accepted.

Offering some lessening sites in NYC again is a return to form, albeit in a more limited fashion.

Whether you're in NYC or not, you can besides drop off at least some of your e-waste at Best Buy. The company confirmed to The Verge that it plans to continue its recycling political program passim the pandemic. There are around things to bill, though. You dismiss recycle up to three items per house per Day at Best Buy. If nonpareil of those items is a modem, a router, or both, the companionship will give you a coupon that wish give you a 15-percent discount happening new networking devices. You crapper check out the small print, besides as the list of what items Foremost Buy can accept.

If you neediness more options, my colleague Barbara Krasnoff's deep list of companies that accept donations and recycling of tech is still a great resource. Some of them will take clothing, books, and more, so check that out if you want another way to get free of your stuff.

For many info on the mounting global issue that is managing e-waste, past Verge reporter Colin Lecher hosted the TV above that exposes the dark side of lepton waste recycling. Also, Threshold situation reporter Justine Calma has a attractive look backward at 2019, which set a record for e-waste remaining arse.

Lastly, if you'Ra curious about how our team made NYC's five boroughs out of e-blow, as pictured at the top of this post, this bottom-the-scenes post will Be a treat.