[sudo-discuss] E-waste in trash room

Hi all, I'm not sure who left all the electronics trash in the trash room, but in matter such as these, my eye turns towards Sudo... Please know that E-Waste does NOT GO IN THE REGULAR TRASH! In fact, it is ILLEGAL to dump electronics with regular trash in California, and we can be fined for doing so. E-Waste is terrible for the environment, and needs to be recycled separately. So don't just toss a bunch of junk in the trash room and expect someone else to deal with it! I would strongly recommend that Sudo sets up an e-Waste recycling container somewhere (maybe with a smaller container on the side for batteries) and then organizes a dropoff whenever it starts filling up. (Also a good place to scavenge for interesting parts for reuse, naturally!) The oakland wiki lists a number of places that will recycle or reuse electronics waste, including cell phones, appliances, and batteries of all sorts: https://localwiki.org/oakland/E-Waste_Recycling Patrik