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How To Recycle Your Apple Products: iPods, iPhones, Apple Computers, and more

March 16th, 2009 at 8:52 am

We currently wrote a post on how to recycle your used cell phones in How To Recycle Used Cell Phones and Other Devices. Now we are going to take a look at how to recycle your Apple Products: from iPods and iPhones to your Apple computer and monitor.

iPods and iPhones are constantly being replaced with the newest, greatest version on the market, whether the older version is fully functional or not. There are several ways to recycle these products. First, try seeing if any of your friends who have not bought into the craze would like your iPod or iPhone. If it still works, it might as well be used. If this is not the situation, you can go to this Apple link, enter your information, print a delivery label (paid by Apple), and drop your iPod or iPhone off at your local USPS store.  Please make sure your product is packaged safely, but try to use recycled materials to do so. This process is free, and new purchases are not neccessary.

As for your other Apple products, when you purchase a new computer or monitor, you have the option to enroll in Apple’s Recycling program. If you choose to do so, Apple will send you an e-mail with information on how to recycle your used product. Follow the guidelines in the e-mail, use the pre-paid delivery label (paid by Apple), package your product safely with  recycled material (if you can), and bring your package to your local FedEx store.

It doesn’t matter whether you are a PC or Mac user, everbody can recycle.