So utterly despicable to exploit proples’ altruism.

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I'm not sure "altruism" is the right word to describe disposing of things in the way the law prescribes.

It's not legal to put consumer electronics in your trash or recycling bin, nor to take them down to the transfer station and huck 'em into the pit with your old magazines and moldy carpet. Recycling via third-party is your only legal option in Seattle.

Actually the best option for any electronic items is put them out on the corner. Even if they're broken, some cheap-ass freegan will take them.

I'm still trying to pry the information from this article. I read this sentence six times before I could make any sense of it:

“Total Reclaim, which is owned by Craig Lorch and Jeffrey Zirkle, is one of PNW's largest e-waste processor and recyclers, and the company's customers included the City of Seattle and UW, both of which paid Total Reclaim millions of dollars to recycle e-waste products like computers, monitors, and printers.”

When writing for publication, try avoiding run-on sentences. It also helps to avoid cramming too many names, proper nouns, unexplained abbreviations and itemized lists into a long sentence. This isn't Dostoyevsky.

Here's a simple solution:

“Total Reclaim, which is owned by Craig Lorch and Jeffrey Zirkle, is one of PNW's largest e-waste processor and recyclers. The company's customers included the City of Seattle and UW, both of which paid Total Reclaim millions of dollars to recycle e-waste products like computers, monitors, and printers.”

I wish The Stranger would employ actual copy editors. Delegating this job to the reporters is a failed experiment. I used to be able to read this paper without the extra effort of untangling the prose and second-guessing the auto-correct errors.