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Now these are some excellent ideas being implemented by eBay:

In one of the many attempts to prove that sustainable consumption isn't an oxymoron, eBay has put its dedicated Green Team to work on a range of environmental initiatives, and has been trying to educate the world that buying used stuff is greener than buying new stuff.

Last month, the company rolled out a plan to get 100,000 reusable shipping boxes into the hands of its sellers, and to spread them far and wide. Before that, the company cut the ribbon on a shiny new highly efficient data center in Utah, and the company has also taken on an EDF Climate Corps fellow to help it find savings from green projects beyond the low-hanging fruit.

The newest project in the company's green evolution is being unveiled this morning, and it aims to make a dent in the mountain of unwanted, obsolete or broken electronics that get thrown away every year.

eBay's "Instant Sale" lets gadgeteers get an instant bid and near-instant sale on a number of electronics items, ranging from cell phones to tablet computers (if you've got an old iPad, here's where to sell it), and from GPS systems to camcorders.

By going to www.eBay.com/InstantSale, you can see what your old gear will fetch. You'll get a take-it-or-leave-it offer, and if you accept, then you will be able to print out a free shipping label to send the item in to eBay HQ, and about a week later you'll get paid.

Super sweet! Check out what the author could get for some of his old electronics:

I did two quick searches for gear that I'd love to get rid of: My shamefully affordable LG flip phone will get me $30 from eBay, and the nearly four-year-old MacBook laptop I'm writing this post on will fetch me a much more handsome $217.

Go eBay Go!

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