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Where to recycle electronics, free.(UP FRONT)(www.recellular.com and www.rbrc.org)
Today there's no excuse for throwing an old computer, TV, or cell phone into the trash. More and more manufacturers, spurred by state and local mandates, are letting you recycle old electronic items by dropping them off or mailing them back at no charge. And some retailers recycle electronics for a small fee. (Staples generally charges $10 per piece.)
Why recycle? The cathode-ray tube in old-style TVs and computer monitors contains 4 to 8 pounds of lead, a neurotoxin. Cell phones and other electronic gadgets can contain mercury, cadmium, arsenic, and brominated flame retardants. Those toxins can leach from landfills into groundwater.
With no national electronics recycling policy, states are taking action. After the previous five years saw a total of nine states pass electronics-recycling laws, in 2008 eight states (and New York City) enacted such legislation. All but California require manufacturers to bear the cost of collecting, transporting, and recycling devices. (In California, buyers of TVs, monitors, and laptops pay a fee of $8 to $25 when they buy.)
Companies that help you recycle. LG (including Zenith and GoldStar brands) has 206 drop-off centers in 46 states; Samsung, more than 200 centers in 50 states. Sony has 274 nationally. Sharp, Panasonic, and Toshiba offer a combined drop-off program for TVs and audiovisual equipment at 280 sites in 50 states.
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