What happens to the wires and cables when you recycle smartphones, computers, laptops, tablets and other electronics?
It’s inevitable that over time, your home electronics and appliances will be replaced or upgraded. The average American replaces their smartphone every two to three years, or less for prepaid phones. Computers are on a roughly five-year cycle, laptops slightly less, and tablets in between. Once you’re done with them, into the recycling (hopefully) they go.
The equipment’s associated wires, cords, and cables may get left behind, leaving you wondering what to do with them.
If you’re like the rest of us, you’ll most likely tell yourself “I’ll probably need these for something in the future” and shove them away somewhere unseen.
But we should stop kidding ourselves. Those cords will remain in our junk closets for longer than any of us want to admit, until one day we finally give up and get rid of them during spring cleaning.
So once you’re ready to stop being tied down by all these loose wires, what do you do?