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According to this article, Best Buy has joined the ranks of those on the recycling bandwagon, and that's a good thing for anyone holding onto computer and home electronics, such as televisions and monitors 32" or less, phones, cameras and computer peripherals including printers. The program's only acticve in a few places so far -- Baltimore, Minnesota and San Francisco -- but with luck it'll catch on and expand across the country. (The current list of participating stores is here.)

In the meantime, Best Buy still features recycling kiosks in front of every store, where people can drop off empty ink cartridges, cell phones, rechargeable batteries, PDAs, etc. One more good step in the right direction, considering how quickly technology advances, leaving so many computer peripherals facing early obsolescence.

Disclosure: The author, Amy Sage, is employed by MyInkPro.com.

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This San Francisco Chronicle article is one of the better compilations I've seen on taking computers greener, so a highly recommend read. Suggested steps include using power management on your PC (believe it or not, this step alone can save 90% of your computer's energy usage!) and going for the all-in-one solutions for printers and other peripherals. Other articles have had good points about avoiding the all-in-ones due to the difficulty finding one machine that can do everything as well and efficiently as the single-use counterparts, but when you think about it, replacing 3 or 4 pieces of quipment with one energy-star rated piece makes a whole lot of sense from an energy standpoint...

Disclosure: The author, Amy Sage, is employed by MyInkPro.com.

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