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October 31, 2020 02:00 pm
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/21451607/ewaste-recycling-nyc-pop-up-sites-2020-les-ecology-center-best-buy
Lower East Side Ecology Center is accepting e-waste at NYC pop-up sites through November
One of the countless 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 it isn’t set to resume its normal cadence of accepting e-waste at drop-off sites until at least June 2021.
Thankfully, you have a few short-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 Center drop-off site near the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn permanently shut its doors. It was one of the few drop-off sites in New York City that accepted and recycled e-waste, diverting 1 million pounds of e-waste from landfills in 2018, according to Christine Datz-Romero,...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/21451607/ewaste-recycling-nyc-pop-up-sites-2020-les-ecology-center-best-buy
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