How To Recycle Your Television Or Computer Monitor
Don't trash your old TV! Find out how to keep our landfills and foreign countries clean by recycling your obsolete TV and computer monitor.
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Step 1:
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Haul It In
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You can easily find an electronic recycling drop-off center by going online and checking out www.earth911.org. Depending on where you live, the electronic recycling center may pick up your monitor or television for you.
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Step 2:
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Tech Tag
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Make sure to ask your electronic waste facility to properly de-manufacture your old TV or computer monitor into glass, plastic and metal. Check with the facility and see if you can monitor the de-manufacturing process. These properly separated components will not only be kept from the landfills, but they can then be turned into new computer monitors and TV sets.
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Step 3:
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Get Proof
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One of the most important things to ask for when you take your old TV or computer monitor in to be recycled is a Certificate of Destruction. This will prevent any of the dangerous and toxic components from being improperly shipped off to third world countries or dumped in a local landfill. Fill out the necessary paperwork and the e-waste facility will issue you a Certificate of Destruction as well as a copy of your invoice.
