How Do You Get Rid Of Your Old Technology?

Whenever an old gadget sees it’s day it usual gets tossed out in the nearest trash, as we are discarding the old to make way for the brand new. The problem with this trend is that as that older technology ends up in a pile similar to a scene in the Disney movie “WALL-E”.

When it comes to recycling Big Key Self Storage has done some research to assist our community. At Big Key Self Storage we have partners with Florida E-Waste Recycling and Cell Phone for Soldiers to become your one stop drop off location for all those old gadgets.

According to EPA estimates for 2006-7, In America, 30,000 computers are estimated to be discarded each year, while in Europe at least 100,000 phones are disposed of as well. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that only 15-20% of these gadgets and machines are actually recycled, or e- recycled. The rest of these electronics go directly into landfills and incinerators. The left over 80-85% of these materials are being disposed of incorrectly and have adverse affects on human beings and animals, as well as the environment.

“Americans will replace an estimated 130 million cell phones this year,” says Mike Newman, vice president of ReCellular, “with the majority of phones either discarded or stuffed in a drawer. Most people don’t realize that the small sacrifice of donating their unwanted phones can have a tremendous benefit for a worthy cause like Cell Phones for Soldiers.”

Feeling guilty yet? Big Key Self Storage invites you to help make this world a bit more GREEN. Our tag line here at Big Key Self Storage is “Making Room For Life” and we mean it.
• We offer a great solution through a drop-off unit we use in collaboration with a company called: Florida E-Waste Recycling

We accept Cameras, Camcorders,Cassette Players,CD/DVD Players, Computer (Accessories), Computer (CPU - Towers), Computer (Laptops), Computer (Modems), Computer (Monitors), Computer (Printers), Computer (Scanners), Fax Machines, Pagers, PDA Wireless Devices, Photocopiers, Projectors, Radios, Stereo Receivers, Stereo Speakers, Telephones,
Toner Cartridges, Typewriters, VCRs, UPS Power Protection
*** We do not accept televisions***

• We also serve as a drop off location for "Cell Phones for Soldiers" that provide an alternative way to get rid of your phones while actually helping a great cause!
• Cell Phones for Soldiers hopes to turn old cell phones into prepaid calling cards for U.S. troops stationed overseas. The phones are sent to ReCellular, which pays Cell Phones for Soldiers for each donated phone.

Big Key Self Storage is not in your neighborhood? Please visit the EPA website, you can find a list of companies that will take your technology back and reuse unwanted technology over again. This website can actually show you other great ways to dispose those little guys without hurting your fellow man.

In our opinion the world can really do with some cleaner air, and pollution free environments. Please consider this article the next time you decide that your cell phone is so yesterday, E-recycle!!!