When it comes to wearable activity trackers, Lisa Gualtieri believes that one person’s trash is another’s treasure.
Gualtieri, a public health professor at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, launched a nonprofit two years ago called RecycleHealth that collects wearables from people who have stopped using them or upgraded to newer models. The group gives the trackers to underserved populations — racial and ethnic minorities and people who are older and lower-income — who participate…
When it comes to wearable activity trackers, Lisa Gualtieri believes that one person’s trash is another’s treasure.
Gualtieri, a public health professor at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, launched a nonprofit two years ago called RecycleHealth that collects wearables from people who have stopped using them or upgraded to newer models. The group gives the trackers to underserved populations — racial and ethnic minorities and people who are older and lower-income — who participate…