Electronic equipment should not be thrown out with the garbage, as it contains hazardous components which should not be burned or landfilled.

There is a fee to help cover the costs of processing. Prices will vary according to the quantities and materials dropped off. We will also pick up recyclable electronic equipment for your business for an additional fee.

Yes! All electrical equipment must have an approved "UL" rating. Appliances or equipment (e.g., ceiling fans) may never be directly wired to a residence hall. Space heaters, cooking appliances with an open heating element are not allowed in the residence halls. Cooking in student rooms is prohibited for fire safety and ventilation reasons. Microwaves and small fridges are permitted in student rooms.

CRTs (Cathode Ray Tubes) from Televisions and computer monitors cannot be collected by Waste Management in regular solid waste collection. If you would like to have the DPW pick your unit up at your home, the charge is $15.00. Please purchase a sticker, and it will be picked up curbside on the appointed day. Stickers are available at the DPW office at 51 Grove Street. The office is open Monday through Friday 8 am-4 pm.

Not necessarily, unless they date back to the pre-war period and are in fine condition. One or two sets – for instance the moulded bakelite Bush TV22 – are considered design classics and have become very popular as "yuppie antiques". This has pushed up their price but true collectors are not concerned with the cash value of their collections. Within our circle we try to keep prices low, and new collectors should avoid over-priced items in antique shops.

Anything with a low profit margin is generally unavailable on trade, so you are unlikely to find new electronics, computers, office equipment, appliances etc. When these items do become available they are sometimes marked up, above MSRP, to compensate for the low margin. This is the only exception to our 'fair pricing' policy. If you are in doubt on how to price your products or services, one of our trade brokers will be pleased to help you establish pricing within our guidelines.

CREAM (website)part of the Clark County Jail Work Center, will accept these items from Clark County residents free of charge: computers, monitors, TVs, printers, answering machines, calculators, camcorders, scanners, speakers, VCRs, software, typewriters, FAX machines, phones, stereos, cassettes, tapes, and other computer-related electronics. They do NOT accept: microwaves, copiers, toasters, hair dryers, or other appliances.

A. When RMD receives your obsolete equipment it is sorted to determine the proper processing. Equipment that is too outdated to be of any use is de-manufactured and the components reused or recycled. Computers that may be used by charities or schools proceed to our Training/Refurbishing facility where they are used to give hands on experience to technical students. Non-working monitors are sent to our Monitor/CRT processing facility. They are then repaired and refurbished.

There are more than 120 local collection sites (urban and rural), drop-off points and round-ups across Alberta. To find the site nearest you, call the Alberta Recycling toll-free at 1-888-999-8762 or visit www.albertarecycling.ca (Top) Do I have to pay another fee when I drop off my electronics for recycling? No, you do not have to pay a fee to drop off old television and computers at e-recycling stations.

Waste Reduction Services has a recycling event at least one time a year usually in the spring: call our office at 483-4400 for dates or look in our Green Sheet which comes out twice a year. There are also many web sites and phone numbers that we will be happy to give you.

For the same reason they might collect old radios, telephones, furniture or whatever. It's a hobby, an interesting one, and the source material is still fairly inexpensive. One of your friends or relatives probably has an old set in the loft, whilst charity shops, furniture auctions and car boot sales are another good source of sets.

Generally yes - they are not very complicated or intricate inside. There is no real shortage of valves and other spares either. Only some picture tubes are hard to find now. You have a point. Everything needed more maintenance in those days - just consider the greasing needed for the nipples underneath cars, a truly filthy job! And it's true that older TVs, no matter who made them, required a good deal of service, at least when they were in regular use.

Other electronic devices like televisions (which also use CRTs with leaded glass), VCRs, telephones, fax machines, and copiers can also be recycled by many recycling facilities, although some only recycle computers. While they might not pose as much of a hazard to the environment (with the exception of televisions), these other electronic products posses many of the same salvageable metals that computers have and can be recycled in a similar way.

Our owners are only obliged to provide one TV in the living room but you will probably find that many homes also have a TV in the master bedroom although this is not something that we can promise.

The AMR meter is only activated when interrogated by a meter reader outside the home. The radio transmission is activated for only a fraction of a second per month. The radio transmission should not interfere with any other devices.

All cabinets are designed with full functionality in mind and all pieces can be customized for a customer’s specific needs.

No, computer equipment (including monitors and CPUs) and electronic items must be recycled. Computers and electronics are manufactured using various heavy metals, such as lead and cadmium that pose a threat to the environment if disposed of in landfills. Unwanted computer/electronic equipment can be picked up by sending an email to: hazwaste@admin.ldeo.columbia.edu.

When we receive your obsolete equipment it is sorted to determine the proper processing protocols. Equipment meeting specific requirements may be tested to determine whether they can be repaired and sold as a refurbished unit. Electronic equipment that is too outdated to be of any use is de-manufactured and basic components are removed and classified according to the type and composition. Hazardous components are handled under strict environmental guidelines and procedures.

Microwaves are very-high-frequency radio waves that swing back and forth at a frequency of about 2 billion cycles per second. During this process, they make certain molecules move, and once they're moving, they're hot. Microwaves enter food from the outside, and penetrate instantly into a chunk of food, heating and cooking as they go.

Lightning damage to small office and home electronics usually occurs when lightning strikes nearby utility poles or wires, then enters the building through power, phone, and TV wires. For direct or indirect hits, the only sure way is to pull the power, phone, and cable plugs on sensitive electronics before thunderstorms threaten. The first ever 21st century unplugging solution is StrikeUPSâ?¢, designed specifically for small business and home office environments.

Surge control is important because even small surges or spikes can eventually destroy or affect the performance of electronic equipment such as televisions, computers, modems and microwave ovens. Damage can occur instantaneously or over time, as small surges gradually degrade internal circuitry. The common use of microprocessors (chips) in home electronics increases the need for surge protection because these chips are very sensitive to voltage fluctuations.

Why bother with S-100 computers, when the IBM PC blew them away years ago, and MS-DOS/Windows is so much better than CP/M, etc. etc. I just bought a Heath or Zenith device - can you help me? (or whatever happened to Heath and Zenith?)

A computer must meet the IRM minimum standards to receive support from IRM or College Computing. Minimum standards can be found at this website: http://www.ecs.fau.edu/Support/hwrecom.htm. If the computer meets minimum standards, a work order should be placed with the Help Desk. Note that Windows NT will not be supported as of January 1, 2004. A slow computer cannot run today's more robust programs. Microsoft is no longer supporting NT, so FAU will be unable to continue supporting it as well.

Occasionally, we accept donations of computers that are no more than three years old and are in good working order. Please test your used computer before you consider donating it to us to ensure that all of your files have been removed and that the computer works properly. We are not able to provide tax receipts for donations of used computers or other used items. For more information, call 416 638-7800 ext 259.

The University has established an Ecycling Program to dispose of old computers and certain electronic equipment (cell phones, copiers, fax machines). The Ecycling website (www.gwu.edu/~ecycling) will explain the process. In a nutshell, if GW owns the equipment, it may have a fixed asset sticker on it. If so, you will have to fill out a change in asset form to get rid of it.

A. Each computer display monitor contains an average of 4-8 pounds of lead. Monitor glass contains about 20 percent lead by weight. About 70 percent of the heavy metals (including mercury and cadmium) found in landfills come from electronic equipment discards. These heavy metals and other hazardous substances found in electronics can contaminate groundwater and pose other environmental and public health risks.

Donate them to Keep Tupelo Beautiful E-Trash Recycling Program. For more information, please visit their site at www.etrashrecycle.com. East Troy Street • Tupelo, Mississippi 38804 • Post Office Box 1485 • Tupelo, Mississippi 38802