Apple Watch recycling program offers nothing in exchange

Not interested in hitting the marketplace with that Apple Watch you’re not hot on anymore? Maybe you’ve dinged the case one time too many. Well, you can take one for the green team and recycle it through one of Apple’s partners. But you won’t be getting any gift cards back your way.

Apple’s recycling program was updated to allow customers to recycle their Watches today, but unlike an iPad, iPhone, Mac, PC or smartphone trade-in, your Apple Watch will be sent the way of the iPod and the other older Apple devices.

The company contracts with three recycling companies to handle the iPhones and iPads, the computers and the other devices: in order, they are SoftBank-owned Brightstar, PowerON Services and Sims Recycling Solutions. The other devices are not eligible for Apple Store Gift Cards like the other devices are. Hell, even the iPod gets some customers somewhere — if it’s not an iPod shuffle, they can trade it in and get 10 percent off a new one.

So, if your Apple Watch is short of smashed up, perhaps you might just go for the Swappa or eBay route after all. Or maybe you’ll just wait it out until Apple gives you a little more incentive to avoid the landfill. After all, the company can definitely change things up in the future and we don’t know what the rationale behind the poor offer.

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