Free Recycling of Old Electronics?

[mwplefty]

Originally Posted by bgadow

Like with most things, if you know the right people, maybe an exception could be made-but you might have to really know them well. I mean, if you were best friends with the manager of the BB, surely he'd let you sneak that flat chassis Zenith out the back door, right?

I've talked with the guy in charge of the recycling program for the local tri-county area. He was receptive to me helping, and said he forwarded my name to the company they use, but nothing has ever come of it. I had been taking all of my junk across the state line to DE where some of the recycling centers had shipping containers where you could leave electronics. They were just out in the open, always wide open. I never did find anything real decent to take from there, aside from a cigar box full of used audio tubes. I guess the system was being abused because the last time I drove over there the container had been moved to behind a locked fence inside the garbage collection site. Not a resident, so I can't weasel my way in there.

The biggest issue is that many people are misinformed in this throw-away society what to do with their perfectly functioning old TV that they don't want anymore. There is a flea market right down the street from that Best Buy, yet most people are NEVER advised to try and sell it there. They also aren't encouraged to sell their vintage sets at Goodwill either. It's rather unfortunate.