Comments on: Best Buy Takes Recycling Program Nationwide http://www.digitaltrends.com/lifestyle/best-buy-takes-recycling-program-nationwide/ Digital Trends is your home for technology news, CE product reviews, mobile app reviews and daily videos. Fri, 17 Feb 2012 04:41:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Shaun http://www.digitaltrends.com/lifestyle/best-buy-takes-recycling-program-nationwide/#comment-58066 Shaun Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:17:32 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-58066 I wonder if they did at every store what all the other recyclers have to do: get heavy industrial zoning and a special use permit from the local government, get a storm water pollution discharge permit under the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) through the EPA or state equivalent program, submit a stormwater management plan for every store, test the stormwater runoff every year at the recycling facility and then submit an annual report, submit an annual recycling report to the state health department, pay exorbitant worker's compensation premiums (around 25% of payroll), and register as a large quantity generator of universal waste? I wonder if they did at every store what all the other recyclers have to do: get heavy industrial zoning and a special use permit from the local government, get a storm water pollution discharge permit under the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) through the EPA or state equivalent program, submit a stormwater management plan for every store, test the stormwater runoff every year at the recycling facility and then submit an annual report, submit an annual recycling report to the state health department, pay exorbitant worker's compensation premiums (around 25% of payroll), and register as a large quantity generator of universal waste?

]]> By: Sonia Diermayer http://www.digitaltrends.com/lifestyle/best-buy-takes-recycling-program-nationwide/#comment-58067 Sonia Diermayer Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:38:25 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-58067 Potentially excellent development! But I don't see any info as to where/by whom these returned gadgets will be dismantled/recycled. If they are being shipped off to someplace in Asia with no environmental or worker protection standards, to be disassembled by 8-yr. olds, we've just hidden the problem and deceived ourselves. Potentially excellent development! But I don't see any info as to where/by whom these returned gadgets will be dismantled/recycled. If they are being shipped off to someplace in Asia with no environmental or worker protection standards, to be disassembled by 8-yr. olds, we've just hidden the problem and deceived ourselves.

]]> By: Tom http://www.digitaltrends.com/lifestyle/best-buy-takes-recycling-program-nationwide/#comment-58065 Tom Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:41:29 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-58065 Hmmm - seems like Best Buy has implemented one of my ideas I suggested to Best Buy in a cover letter I sent them a while back. I applied for the Director of Strategy and gave them some great ideas... since I did not have the experience on paper, I thought I would give away some of my intellectual capital. Happy to see they liked the Idea. Wonder if they will implement any others - how about hiring me! I have many more.<br /> <br /> If nothing else the community and landfill will be rewarded with a cleaner environment. This is a great service that I hope people/customers will take advantage of this basically free service. Hmmm – seems like Best Buy has implemented one of my ideas I suggested to Best Buy in a cover letter I sent them a while back. I applied for the Director of Strategy and gave them some great ideas… since I did not have the experience on paper, I thought I would give away some of my intellectual capital. Happy to see they liked the Idea. Wonder if they will implement any others – how about hiring me! I have many more.

If nothing else the community and landfill will be rewarded with a cleaner environment. This is a great service that I hope people/customers will take advantage of this basically free service.

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