Some Best Buy Stores to Accept Electronics
Best Buy announced Monday a test program that allows consumers to drop off electronics to be recycled free of charge.
The program is available in 117 stores across the country. Consumers may bring in televisions, cameras, computers and electronics regardless if they were originally purchased at Best Buy. The stores ask that only two items per household are brought in each day.
Some items are not accepted, such as television and monitor screens greater than 32 inches, console televisions and microwaves. Visit the program’s site for more information about what can be dropped off.
For small items such as ink cartridges, rechargeable batteries, cell phones, CDs, DVDs and PDA/smart phones, recycling kiosks are located in the front of all Best Buy stores. The company has a trade-in program where gift certificates are given for gently-used electronics.
For local listings of electronic drop offs in your neighborhood, use Earth 911′s recycling locator.
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posted on January 19th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
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Debbie
posted on February 8th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
One of the major problems with recycling paints, phones, batteries and light bulbs is convenience. Not everyone has a car and not everyone can recycle their paint and phones etc. through recycle. In my area homes at least have blue garbage cans now for paper and tin/aluminum products. We have a recycling site for these also in the neighborhood which would be so convenient for paints etc. Why can’t we make this happen in all neighborhoods or have a day once a week to also put these items in a cardboard box on top of our garbage cans for marked or flagged for pickup on a certain day.
Nancy
posted on February 24th, 2009 at 8:58 am
My son builds his own computers and he has a motherboard that is not working. I tried to take it to Best Buy and they would not take it. It’s funny how they will take back a PC which has a motherboard in it, but not the part. I don’t know where to take it so it most likely will end up in the trash. All the places I search don’t say anything about computer PARTS. We have other parts too that I will try to sell. If anyone knows of a place to take this motherboard, I would be very thankful.
morgan
posted on March 1st, 2009 at 11:10 am
Nancy if you can hold on to those parts until your city has a e-waste recycle day, then you should be able to drop it off there, I know in indianapolis we have one ever summer of fall… Also do a google of computer part recycling for where you live there might be a drop off place that accepts those types of things every month.
And Debbie i think maybe starting a curbside pickup program with volunteers is the way to go. having anyone that needs to drop off e-waste just place it at there curb and volunteers will go by and pick up the items, their could be a sign up sheet somehow, or an email to be sent to a certain person that heads this up so they would know who wanted to participate in it. I guess what im thinking is if there isn’t an option for curbside toxic/e-waste pickups talk to your local council and see if others have this need as well. Something is bound to get started if enough people ask for it.