Making Green Tech Accessible by Recycling Electronics

 

Once a radical thought, today recycling is the norm. Whether you are into recycling plastic, glass bottles, paper, or cans, it is possible to chip in and make your mark in the green environment movement. Zaheer Dodhia, CEO of Hummingbird International, an e-waste recycling company, belongs to this group. The company claims to provide free recycling pickup from your doorstep to the recycling center. It’s hard to believe, right? But it’s true if you go through their website.

Dodhia is of the view that making tech green shouldn’t be so hard. “If we make e-waste recycling accessible like we do paper, cans, bottles, etc. then more people would come forward to do so. We offer free pickup because electronics like computers, laptops, servers, and similar hardware are bulky, and nobody wants to spend money to dispose of these items.” Makes sense, especially when homeowners and commercial offices have the choice of disposing of electronics in dumpsters.

When the world is going through climate change due to excessive use of short-life electronics; the rising issue of unethical disposal; and the safe disposal of computers is expensive, any step towards lessening carbon footprints is a good and responsible thing to do. Instead of leaving your computer electronics to end up in landfills, it’s safer to send it to professionals.  

So, the next question is how does it work? What’s the difference between sending it to recycling centers, and dumping it to the nearest garbage site? These recycling centers are certified, follow recycling standards set by the authority, and have strict processes in place to dismantle non-working computer electronics. The IT asset is safely disposed of, from shredding data storage devices to recycling metals.

With recycling centers and warehouses located in New Jersey and Texas, Hummingbird International makes IT asset disposal (that’s the fancy name for commercial e-waste disposal, if you must know) accessible for residents of these and neighboring states. For example, neighboring states of New Jersey,  New York, and Pennsylvania can call to get their IT assets picked up.

At the core of the making tech green ideology is lessening carbon footprints right from the get-go. Today major corporations are all about making products with recycled materials. In theory, it is the ideal solution to the problem of the deteriorating environment and climate change. However, the issue is not only to create but to make products last longer so they don’t become garbage within a few months, and hence merge with the problem. What recycling centers like Hummingbird International are doing is lessening the churn and vicious cycle of redundant e-waste. Stopping short-life electronics products and recycling ethically work hand-in-hand.

The adage of reducing, reusing, and recycling should not just be a chant but a practice. Don’t follow the movement but be the movement, a change agent. This decision starts from home, quite literally.