Partnership between the city and recycling company helps keep electronic waste out of landfills [Video]

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) – Phones with shattered screens sitting in a forgotten drawer or computers that won’t turn on anymore can now be dropped off at recycling centers in Mobile.

The City of Mobile is partnering with Ransom Solutions, a recycling center in Chickasaw, to provide convenient ways to keep electronics out of our landfills.

Founder and Executive Director of Ransom Solutions Matt Armbruster said throwing away old electronics with the household garbage can pollute and contaminate our landfills.

“There’s a lot of toxic waste in electronics,” Armbruster said. “There’s mercury, there’s lead, so we go in and we separate all those different things and then we sell them which goes back into the stream.”

Armbruster said they offer three recycling locations around Mobile, making it convenient to recycle wherever you live.

“We say anything that plugs into a wall…toasters, a blender, computers, printers, anything that’s smaller,” he said.

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