RecycleHealth Helps You Donate Your Old Fitness Tracker

Fitness trackers can help you reach your goals, if you have a plan to stay motivated...and if you can afford one in the first place. RecycleHealth, a program based at Tufts University, is collecting donated trackers to help with the second half of that equation.

“What if those least likely to buy or afford wearables were actually the ones who would benefit most from their use?” the group asks. If you’ve grown bored with your tracker, or if you loved it so much you’ve already upgraded to a newer version, you can donate the one that’s collecting dust by mailing it to RecycleHealth, postage-free. There are also drop-off locations in New York and Boston.

The donated trackers aren’t just handed out, although that’s a possibility for the future. For now, RecycleHealth gives them to researchers who are trying to find out whether tracker-based fitness programs can help low-income seniors, for example, or veterans with mental health issues. Read more about RecycleHealth at the links below.