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Published on August 20th, 2008

Best Buy Hosts Electronics Recycling Event in Colorado

Best Buy and Samsung have partnered to provide free electronics recycling this weekend at the Southwest/Littleton Best Buy location to coincide with Denver’s Green Sunday and the Democratic National Convention.

Items accepted on both Saturday, Aug. 23 and Sunday, Aug. 24 include most consumer electronics:

  • Televisions and computer monitors
  • Computers and accessories
  • Phones and cellular phones
  • Scanners, printers, fax machines and ink cartridges
  • Rechargeable batteries
  • VCRs

The event will not be accepting any large appliances or microwaves, smoke detectors, air conditioners or single-use batteries.

The first 100 cars each day to bring an electronic device for recycling will receive a $5.00 Best Buy gift card. The store is located at 5395 S Wadsworth Blvd. in Lakewood.

Best Buy recycled more than 20 million pounds of electronic waste in 2007.

You can find locations and events to recycle electronics anytime using Earth911.

3 Comments

  1. tom cunningham

    posted on January 22nd, 2009 at 1:19 pm

    When is your next electronics recycling event?

    thanks, tc

  2. Ann Benninghoff

    posted on June 24th, 2009 at 7:32 am

    You need to update or is the free recyling this August 2009, otherwise you’re sight is a year old.

  3. Amanda Wills

    Amanda Wills

    posted on June 24th, 2009 at 10:33 am

    Ann,

    This story was published in 2008. So, the facts pertain to that year. For updated news stories, check our homepage at http://www.earth911.com

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