Old TVs

I guess that the key here is that they are YOUR tv sets. Who do you think should pay to dispose of your trash?

You can't just throw them in a dumpster?

foggyidea, post: 382967, member: 155 wrote: I guess that the key here is that they are YOUR tv sets. Who do you think should pay to dispose of your trash?

The people/government/entity that sold them to me and did not tell me that I would have this dangerous cancer causing agent on my hands .

goodwill?
yard sale?
leave them on the curb overnight?

Peter Ehlert, post: 382975, member: 60 wrote: goodwill?
yard sale?
leave them on the curb overnight?

Good ideas but, Goodwill does not take TVs around here, also folks won't even curb grab them, they just sit at the curb, I doubt they will sell at a yard sale either.

Best Buy. Corporate policy (as I understand it). Moved from CRT to LCD last Thanksgiving. 2 TV's. No questions. 0 dollars. Think they even let me use their hand truck.

back-chain, post: 382982, member: 7900 wrote: Best Buy. Corporate policy (as I understand it). Moved from CRT to LCD last Thanksgiving. 2 TV's. No questions. 0 dollars. Think they even let me use their hand truck.

Thanks. Gonna try this tonight.

I've had to pay for every computer screen I've disposed of since forever. Tv's the same.... You buy it, you buy the disposal issue too.

Brad Ott, post: 382984, member: 197 wrote: Thanks. Gonna try this tonight.

if you get there after closing time just leave them in front, no problem

65 bucks!? That only discourages proper disposal. Here in CA it's like $5 ( if you happen to miss one of the free electronic waste disposal days). Ship them to me; I'll take care of 'em 🙂

foggyidea, post: 382985, member: 155 wrote: I've had to pay for every computer screen I've disposed of since forever. Tv's the same.... You buy it, you buy the disposal issue too.

What upsets me so, is that we had no other options in those days. Those were the only types of TVs and monitors available. The government allowed the retailers to sell those items to me, and now that same government is telling me that it is my responsibility to pay to throw them away.

It's funny, I find it offensive that we have to wash garbage to get rid of recyclables. This could be a job for someone, but instead it's scanned and destroyed if it's "too" dirty, or has labels.

My borough picks up bulk trash in the spring summer and fall. They also run a drop spot at their yard for residents.

I don't believe Bestbuy takes them for free anymore. I tried to bring 3 there a few weeks ago and they said $27 per set, I think.

I went home and put them in the back of my barn for whoever cleans it out after I pass. I'm glad I have a lot of room.

Gregg

Goodwill has become very corporate here since the Great Recession. They now have prime commercial locations. Matter of fact, one of the local Goodwill took over the Circuit City site that was built for the chain before they sank and Best Buy took over that market here.

I donate to other smaller thrift stores such as the Local Food Bank, Habitat for Humanity, Samaritan Center (Methodist)and a Catholic Charity store.

Edit: I do have a stack of 3 old lap tops that I don't have clue what to do with them.

Bring them to Baja, sell them to a recycler.
They get repaired/resold/recycled for the raw materials. It is a Profitable business.

The US needs to quit with those toxic landfills.

Where I live, it's free to dispose of electronics (TV's) at the landfill.

Doesn't stop the morons from dumping them over the bank or using them for targets along remote roads.

Robert Hill, post: 383000, member: 378 wrote: Goodwill has become very corporate here since the Great Recession. They now have prime commercial locations. Matter of fact, one of the local Goodwill took over the Circuit City site that was built for the chain before they sank and Best Buy took over that market here.

I donate to other smaller thrift stores such as the Local Food Bank, Habitat for Humanity, Samaritan Center (Methodist)and a Catholic Charity store.

Edit: I do have a stack of 3 old lap tops that I don't have clue what to do with them.

The laptops would likely sell on ebay. I have sold some with broken screens, some that simply didn't work, and even some that did work.

About places such as Good Will and Salvation Army around my neck of the woods, they won't accept CRT anything these days. Too old tech I guess, which might seem strange considering some of the other old tech which passes through their doors.

Another good reason to have an office in a commercial area...dumpsters. I bet I could wrap up a body and....oh, never mind...