Thanks patrik for bringing this up.

I think there needs to be an e-waste and bulky waste (non-regular-trash) area in sudo room. There used to basically be one, then it disappeared, I think that needs to come back. What happens is this stuff gets crammed into the trashroom, hallways etc as patrik says and forgotten because its out of sight / out of mind. Then others go in and simply throw more, different kinds of trash on top of it and make a mess. IE most of the time, it seems left for others to take to e-waste, c&d, or the dump. This isn't really fair..

I would like to propose to sudo and ccl that e-waste, hazaradous waste, bulky items generated by them be stored in Sudo/CCL until you dispose of them and not merged with the regular trash. I would also propose this for every group with dedicated space in the building, not just Sudo/CCL.

The trash situation has dramatically improved since we first moved in, but with the amount of contruction that is about to happen it could really truly explode again. Special trips for waste disposal need to be more equitably distributed across all the collectives that generate them -

Best,
David

On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 11:46 AM, Patrik D'haeseleer <patrikd@gmail.com> wrote:

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

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