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Boston Should Adopt Cambridge-Style E-Waste Drop-Off Center

Something that baffles me as a Bostonian who has never lived in Cambridge, the easiest way I know to recycle e-waste is to drive up to the Cambridge Waste Center and drop off my batteries, printer ink cartridges, monitors, etc. It's open multiple times a week, and a 15 minute walk from the T vs Boston where we have special designated days every once in a while scattered across the city. If it's not a special designated day your only choice is to take it to Best Buy except Best Buy will charge you $30 to recycle a TV after waiting in the checkout line and the staff will be very confused why you're bringing them trash. Boston/Best Buy won't even take traditional alkaline batteries like Cambridge. My wife and I now have a Saturday "date morning" habit every few months where we go up to Cambridge, grab some breakfast, and drop off our electronics recycling. For Christ's sake, my parents who live in the rural South can just drive to their county dump and recycle their electronics easier than I can.

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