Electronics recycling – Aladdin’s Cave

By Lauren Williams | October 8, 2025

Electronics recycling opens Aladdin’s Cave: according to this US Environmental Protection Agency report, a million cellphones yield 35,000 pounds of copper and multiple other recovered resources. I’m on this hunt because I’m plotting a Great Race to bounce between clients and a disposal run on Friday. PCs for People, which used to be Interconnection, is…

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It’s not easy being green

By Lauren Williams | July 31, 2024

It’s not easy being green. I take electronics to Interconnection, a Seattle non-profit which specializes in processing those for resale, redistribution to people in need, or recycling, whenever possible. Right now, whenever possible is HARD. There’s a ton of construction going on in Fremont, right at Interconnection’s freight door. It’s making travel in the area…

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