My roommates and I have a slight dilemma. A week ago, one of my roommates bought a new giant plasma TV, which of course, was to the delight of my other roommate and I. It replaced a smaller TV that looked like it was manufactured some time during the Cold War and from what my roommates had told me (I moved into the apartment last week), it had a knack for only working half of the time. We welcomed the TV into our lives like the way you welcome any new friend into your life- you have a few beers and enjoy their company. And that's exactly what we did. We got to know our new friend by playing videos games and watching movies.
All was good until we realized after a few days tha the old TV was still hanging out in the corner of the room, on top of a small table, taking up a good portion of our living area. I started thinking, we should just throw it out, but then I thought, can you just throw out a TV? And then that sparked several other questions, like, can you just throw away iPods, iPhones, electronics in general? I remember my mom once harping on me for putting used batteries in the trash, but I never understood why and I never invested much effort into finding out the answer. I'm not sure she knew the answer either, she just knew it couldn't be good for the environment. Or maybe there were other reasons. Either way, as of recently I had still been throwing away my used batteries in the trash (even my mom's words in my head couldn't stop me) and not until this little TV became a decorative centerpiece in our living room did I start to really think about recycling electronics safely and responsibly. -Will
All was good until we realized after a few days tha the old TV was still hanging out in the corner of the room, on top of a small table, taking up a good portion of our living area. I started thinking, we should just throw it out, but then I thought, can you just throw out a TV? And then that sparked several other questions, like, can you just throw away iPods, iPhones, electronics in general? I remember my mom once harping on me for putting used batteries in the trash, but I never understood why and I never invested much effort into finding out the answer. I'm not sure she knew the answer either, she just knew it couldn't be good for the environment. Or maybe there were other reasons. Either way, as of recently I had still been throwing away my used batteries in the trash (even my mom's words in my head couldn't stop me) and not until this little TV became a decorative centerpiece in our living room did I start to really think about recycling electronics safely and responsibly. -Will
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