Second Rotation, NextWorth Solutions offer cash for ‘e-waste’
Date: 02/06/2009
Company: Second Rotation
Source: Mass High Tech
Our consumer love affair with electronic gadgets is fickle, and once it’s over, there is an inevitable mess to clean up called electronic waste, or e-waste.
Legislators, manufacturers and retailers are all working on programs to help stem the tide of harmful materials from flowing into the world’s landfills. But for consumers, such programs provide little return beyond a warm, fuzzy feeling from helping the environment. A pair of New England companies, however, are giving people cash in exchange for their electronics while providing earth-friendly disposal.
E-waste legislation in Connecticut and Maine is aimed at encouraging manufacturers and retailers to help dispose of obsolete electronics. But Boston-based Second Rotation Inc. and its website, Gazelle.com, along with Lawrence’s NextWorth Solutions Inc. have set their sights on consumers. And how do you incite consumers to do something? Offer money.
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