Privacy Notice
Recyclopedia is a static site: no accounts, no analytics, no ad trackers, no cookies set by us, no database of visitors. The only personal information we ever handle is what you choose to email us when donating electronics. This page explains exactly that — in plain language, because there's not much to explain.
Browsing Recyclopedia — searching the Lookup, reading Academy or DIY pages, using the World Directory — sends no personal data to us. We run:
Academy and DIY pages remember your module and quiz progress in your
browser's localStorage. That data never leaves your device,
is never transmitted to us, and disappears if you clear your browser
data. That's its entire life cycle.
Donate Electronics
The donation form does not submit anything to a server. When you press Submit, it opens your own email app with a pre-filled message — you review it and choose whether to send. Nothing is stored on our side unless and until that email arrives in our inbox.
If you send the email, we receive what the form pre-filled:
We use it for exactly one thing: coordinating your drop-off or pickup. We never sell it, share it, or add it to any marketing list.
Donation emails stay in our inbox while we coordinate the donation and are deleted once it's complete. Want yours gone sooner — or want to know what we have? Email [email protected] and we'll delete it and confirm.
Your device's contents matter more than the form. Our standing policy for every phone, laptop, drive, or gadget we take in:
The fine print
The site is served by Cloudflare Pages, which processes standard request logs (like IP addresses) to deliver and protect the site. Fonts load from Google Fonts, so your browser requests font files from Google's servers. Neither happens on our behalf for tracking, and we receive no visitor data from either.
Recyclopedia and the Academy are informational and collect no personal data from anyone — including children. We do not knowingly accept electronics-donation emails from children under 13; a parent or guardian should coordinate the donation.
If the site ever starts collecting more than described here — for example, a facility locator that uses your location — we'll update this page before that feature ships, and the effective date below will change.
Questions about your data