Best Buy will take MOST of your electronic recyclables for free.

[milestogo]

This is a huge service. So don't throw out your old printer, phone, computer, etc. Bring it to Best Buy.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/services/recycling/pcmcat149900050025.c?id=pcmcat149900050025

[manor321]

1. I've done that many times.

[milestogo]

2. I am amazed at the list of things they will take.

I had a handful of old phones that I brought in, and then I found out about the rest.

[eleny]

3. For free?

We have a local landfill that accepts electronics. But they charge for the service.

[milestogo]

5. Check at the link -

A lot of it is free, but some things are not:

Products We Recycle for Free

Limit three items per household per day.

- Battery Backups (UPS)
- Cables and Connectors
- DirecTV Set-Top Box/Converters
- DVD/Blu-ray Players
- Headphones
- In-Dash/Overhead DVD
- Internet TV Set-Top Box/Satellite Receivers
- Portable DVD
- Portable Media Players
- Power Inverters
- Projectors
- Remotes/Surge Protectors
- TiVO
- TV Antennas less than 3' long
- VCRs
- Wall Mounts

Products We Recycle for a $25 Fee per Item

Limit two TVs per household per day.

- Tube TVs smaller than 32"
- Flat Panel TVs: LCD, Plasma, LED smaller than 50"

You have to pay to get rid of tvs anywhere. Some places have you pay by the pound. Best Buy also has a trade in option for networking equipment and a few other things.

[shanti]

12. This

"You have to pay to get rid of tvs anywhere. Some places have you pay by the pound. Best Buy also has a trade in option for networking equipment and a few other things."

Not necessarily. It depends upon your locality. My small city has a curbside bulk pickup service (3x year) that will pick up any electronics, no matter the size, as well as large appliances and furniture, for free. It's a godsend for people that don't have trucks to haul them away.

[milestogo]

13. That's a great service.

We don't have that here. People are supposed to buy a tag from the city for certain things (refrigerator, washer and dryer) and put it on the curb with the tag. You have to bring a television somewhere and pay for them to take it.

I do see a lot of stuff that people just leave out with no tag. Maybe they're trying to give it away and they don't want to pay. Or maybe they just have no idea what to do with it. I think that is often the case.

[shanti]

17. Oftentimes

After something large has been placed on the curb in the evening for morning pickup, it will be gone before then. It's technically illegal, but people here drive around grabbing things from the discard pile. I remember putting a large sectional couch on the curb, and 15 minutes later, I saw this guy pushing it down the street, lol!

[Iggo]

26. More power to 'em.

[eleny]

18. Thanks for the list

I didn't find that list when I went to the BB site. I'll go back and explore further.

That's pretty inexpensive for tv sets. We have a couple of old models that take up too much space. And out attic is referred to as the electronics graveyard. Husband had an electronics and telecommunications career so he holds on to stuff that clogs up space I could be using for my stuff, lol!

Thanks again!

[Kittycow]

4. Oh my gosh, thank you so much for posting this!

I was just wondering if I had to go through a Big Thing with the City of Portland to get rid of a bunch of stuff we have.

[milestogo]

6. Hey, and it gets you in their store at Christmas time!

[MaryMagdaline]

7. Good Will takes them, too, including old cords

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[NutmegYankee]

20. Well, in that case lets turn in some of the dated Christmas music. nt

[MaryMagdaline]

23. That's funny! Have to correct now

[crazycatlady]

21. Best Buy takes old cords too

They have a bin you can place them in when you walk into the store. I've disposed of many old charging cables that way.

[MaryMagdaline]

24. Thank you! Good info

[ADX]

8. Of course they will...

...Then they'll turn around and sell that stuff to companies that will harvest the salvageable parts and everyone will make money. They also get a great opportunity to sell you new stuff when you come to the store with your old stuff.

They're not doing it for purely altruistic reasons, believe that.

[milestogo]

10. I'm just happy that a big corporation is doing this.

I care about the environment, so I've made the trip to a local place that does this. I doubt that 90% of the people living in my area even know about it.

Everyone knows about Best Buy. So its a much easier option than going to a recycle business for most people. This will save a lot of stuff from going directly into landfill via the garbage can.

[Sgent]

14. You could always spite them

and throw it into your local landfill for free....

Unfortunately it costs money to recycle e-waste in general. I just bid out a contract to recycle 2,500 computers, and we had to pay -- not the other way around. In addition, desktop / laptop computers have more recycleable material than much e-waste.

My guess is that on net this costs Best Buy money, but not much, and it gets them good publicity and people in the door.

[Duppers]

19. Thank you!

[milestogo]

22. Best Buy only does this for consumers, not for businesses.

The phones I brought in were from a business, but there were only 5 of them.

[ADX]

25. Relax...

...I merely pointed out that Best Buy isn't doing it for purely altruistic reasons. Corporations rarely, if ever, do anything just because it's the right thing to do and if doing this costs Best Buy so much as one red cent, they're going to claim it as a tax deduction.

[Iggo]

27. Yep.

But either way it's the right thing to do, and they're helping me out.

They make a buck on the other end, that's okay by me.

[Roland99]

9. What about past end of life smoke detectors?

I have a few that have been beeping the last couple of weeks and new batteries don’t help. At least one is almost 10yrs old. Time for new ones

[milestogo]

11. I don't see it on their page, but you could always ask.

[sl8]

30. If it's an ionization type, you could probably return it to the manufacturer.

See https://about.usps.com/postal-bulletin/2012/pb22334/html/cover_025.htm

[Roland99]

31. Found out over weekend my employer has a Bring It In program next week

Can bring in hazardous materials and other items for proper disposal. Perfect timing

[Silver1]

15. Wow.

I knew they took some things but this is really impressive.

[brooklynite]

16. So will Apple Stores

Doesn’t matter who made it.

[samnsara]

28. i THINK they will also take your old tvs

[Poiuyt]

29. They'll take old TVs but they charge a fee

[Demovictory9]

32. Los angeles has city run electronics recycling centers. Drive up. Don't even have to get out of car

[lindysalsagal]

33. I leave my stuff at staples all the time. No prob.