Target doing away with glass and e-waste recycling?

[animalcrossing]

I visited a store that was renovated this year and I noticed the recycling bins were not only redesigned but also omit the glass recycling and e-waste (phone, mp3 player and electronics) recycling that every store except small-formats has. Does anyone know if this is going to be company wide? I admittedly go to other Targets to drop off e-waste often and it'd suck to see this option go away.

 

[OneGoodEar]

Honestly I didn't know Target does e-waste. I just take them to my city's recycling center.

 

[OneGoodEar]

Is there a bin for plastic bags? I haven't checked in awhile but, there was a bin for plastic bags at my store.

 

[Ringwraith917]

E-waste recycling is such a pain. I have to do it at my store. Batteries have to be separated out, all turned the same orientation and the ends taped over or bagged separately. It takes so long and they're often leaking and covered in battery "acid". Other than Batteries it's not bad, just dump everything else in a box and send it through CRC with the proper label and "GFER" written on the box.

 

[Ringwraith917]

I visited a store that was renovated this year and I noticed the recycling bins were not only redesigned but also omit the glass recycling and e-waste (phone, mp3 player and electronics) recycling that every store except small-formats has. Does anyone know if this is going to be company wide? I admittedly go to other Targets to drop off e-waste often and it'd suck to see this option go away.

Pretty sure office depot has e-waste recycling too.

 

[animalcrossing]

Is there a bin for plastic bags? I haven't checked in awhile but, there was a bin for plastic bags at my store

Most stores have them, however it appears the newest remodel gets rid of those bins too

 

[animalcrossing]

E-waste recycling is such a pain. I have to do it at my store. Batteries have to be separated out, all turned the same orientation and the ends taped over or bagged separately. It takes so long and they're often leaking and covered in battery "acid". Other than Batteries it's not bad, just dump everything else in a box and send it through CRC with the proper label and "GFER" written on the box.

This makes sense considering some bins have a box already in there. I've definitely noticed some gnarly looking batteries when dropping off old phones and devices I don't need anymore. I wonder if the CRC doesn't really want them anymore?

 

[animalcrossing]

Pretty sure office depot has e-waste recycling too.

Correct and so does Staples

 

[buliSBI]

I visited a store that was renovated this year and I noticed the recycling bins were not only redesigned but also omit the glass recycling and e-waste (phone, mp3 player and electronics) recycling that every store except small-formats has. Does anyone know if this is going to be company wide? I admittedly go to other Targets to drop off e-waste often and it'd suck to see this option go away.

From what I am aware its locality and state thing. With electronics, its a lot of cellphone centralization (old tech disappearing) and devices geting more and more smart, there is a whole lot of potential liability of personal information leakage.

My nearest store in NC has only done plastic bags, plastic bottles, and trash.

My Iowa store did the whole bottle and can deposit and recycling thing. 🤢🤮

 

[animalcrossing]

From what I am aware its locality and state thing. With electronics, its a lot of cellphone centralization (old tech disappearing) and devices geting more and more smart, there is a whole lot of potential liability of personal information leakage.

My nearest store in NC has only done plastic bags, plastic bottles, and trash.

My Iowa store did the whole bottle and can deposit and recycling thing. 🤢🤮

That is super interesting! Besides small formats, every store I've ever been to offers the bottles, can and e-waste recycling (which I also take advantage of) so I had no idea. Though I wouldn't be surprised about data concerns because if the tech I buy on ebay is any point of reference, people love to not delete their highly sensitive info from their devices 😬