Buying new AirPods Pro? Don't throw away your old AirPods, sell them instead.

Noise-cancellation and water resistance make AirPods Pro the best AirPods ever. That means some AirPods owners will upgrade. 

The problem? AirPods are notoriously bad for the environment, as hard plastic can take up to 1,000 years to decompose in a landfill. In fact, Apple labels AirPods boxes with a "do not landfill" icon. 

And recycling them is incredibly difficult. Recyclers can shred wired headphones and melt them down for copper, but the lithium-ion batteries are glued into AirPods, and pose a high fire risk if shredded. Removing the batteries manually, however, would be cost-prohibitive for recyclers. Read more...

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