

Target now sells used electronics returned to its stores







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Target is a good company
By JonnyDough on 11/23/2007 2:53:04 AM , Rating: 2
They take an active role in local community, and have standards that Wal-Mart and Meijer don't have, such as not stocking at night and not having pallets being used as shelves (and lots of other great standards).

I believe this is a more wide-scale opening up of older electronics recycling, they probably don't expect to make so much money off of this as they would through the good media exposure about how good they are. It's still a win, even if they break even on recycled crap - and it's a win for consumers and the environment.

I imagine if you get a 1 year warranty on something you buy and it doesn't work that you can get a replacement for it pretty easily. Target has good distribution channels and their own trucks, so if you return an item they'll probably ship it back the way it came. The same would apply to any electronics stuff you dropped off. I can't say for certain what Target's plan is, and this and this article doesn't really explain it too well either, but I imagine Target will be setting an example.

Let's just hope that they use something similar to Mattel's Global Manufacturing Principles to enforce standards on their partners. I'd hate to find out that Target's recycling program isn't as fantastic as it appeared.


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