| Perhaps one of the most significant cultural | | | | materials don't belong in our soils, our ground |
| defects of our fast-paced, modern, 21st century | | | | water, or really anywhere other than inside their |
| world (especially here in America) is that we have | | | | plastic casing! In fact, electronics waste is such a |
| a tremendously poor concept of how to be | | | | significant issue that has ever indication of |
| thrifty: we are a much more wasteful society | | | | becoming a major problem for the nation that |
| than most of us would like to admit, and that is a | | | | Congress (yes, the national one, not just a state |
| legacy that at one point or another is going to | | | | congress) tackled the matter in a recent session |
| catch back up with us (in fact, many indicators | | | | and tried to promote awareness of resale and |
| point to that it already is!). Beyond simply being | | | | recycling initiatives, such as ways to sell |
| more wasteful than we ought to be, what many | | | | Blackberry and other electronics products. |
| of us lack is appreciation for the fact that many | | | | Beyond the ecological concerns, there are other |
| material possessions retain worth long after we | | | | reasons why a person would want to sell |
| have chosen to no longer use them. An excellent | | | | Blackberry products after they have finished using |
| case in point is offered by communications | | | | them for personal purposes. First and foremost, |
| technologies and all sorts of hi-tech hardware. | | | | there is the possibility of making a few spare |
| Take a Blackberry cell phone, for example: many | | | | bucks for your old product. When you sell |
| people use theirs for about a year or so and then | | | | Blackberry gadgets (at least to one of the more |
| simply toss it into the trash can. That is not only | | | | reputable electronics recycling organizations) that |
| damaging to the environment, but furthermore it | | | | you have treated and preserved well, you stand |
| is a bad choice as the person that does so fails to | | | | the chance of making back a considerable portion |
| take advantage of the opportunity to sell | | | | of the original price you spent on them. That |
| Blackberry components or the whole product for | | | | alone is reason enough for most people; yet for |
| real, hard cash! | | | | those who want to sell Blackberry gadgets back |
| From an ecological point of view, choosing to sell | | | | onto the market for a more altruistic purpose, |
| Blackberry products you've owned and no longer | | | | there is always the consideration that you will be |
| want helps avoid the accrual of toxic waste in | | | | affording somebody else a quality product at a |
| landfills all over the country. Though it may not be | | | | discounted rate. That's because it is always much |
| common knowledge, electronics waste is among | | | | more affordable to buy a second-hand electronics |
| the most contaminating forms of waste out | | | | product than a brand new one. So do your fellow |
| there-just think about the components, the raw | | | | electronics lover a favor and sell your old |
| materials that go into producing semi-conductors, | | | | Blackberry...and make some $, too! |
| etc., and you can begin to imagine that those | | | | |