[BBLISA] Where to dispose of CRTs

[Kathryn Smith]

Thanks for the tip. Here's a slightly more up to date link with the
Manchester info, and details on what they will/won't accept.

http://www.smalldog.com/recycle/our-mission-planet


On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 2:32 PM, Bob Webber <webber at panix.com> wrote:

> Assuming that you don't feel like breaking the law or ripping off the
> taxpayers of neighboring towns, you could consider a nice day trip up to
> the south side Manchester NH (Mall of New Hampshire) on 27 July to drop off
> your CRTs at the Small Dog Electronics eWaste recycling event.
>
> The next date for the Manchester NH event isn't yet listed at <
> http://www.smalldog.com/green/our-mission-planet>, but 27 July 2013 was
> listed in one of their newsletters a while back.
>
> I drove up to the event last year and dropped off a a couple of CRTs and
> boxes and boxes of old electronics -- entertainment items, 100 MB SCSI
> disks, 3C509 Ethernet cards, some broken laptops... probably a couple of
> hundred pounds in total. No charge, no hassle, they unloaded the car in a
> couple of minutes without me doing anything but opening the tailgate.
>
> Disposing of your CRT by the normal mechanism in place in your town won't
> exactly break the bank either: in Medford a disposal sticker costs $25 for
> curbside pickup. In Arlington it's $10 if you carry the CRT into the
> disposal station, $20 each if you pick one of the scheduled curbside pickup
> days, $40 for a custom pickup time.
>
> Cambridge notes "producer take back" programs ($10 to walk it in at
> BestBuy), and the city picks up small units for free, larger for $25.
> Winchester wants $5 to $25, Lexington is free curbside with an appointment,
> Melrose wants $7 if you bring it in.  A Google search on
> <Town Name> MA crt disposal
> seems to usually turn up the right information.
>
>
> On Jun 29, 2013, at 5:31 PM, Jon Young <jon at network-plumbers.com> wrote:
>
> > Thanks to all that responded.  I decided to take the stash to Staples
> since
> > their website indicates they take UPS batteries.  After a gentle nudge
> from
> > the manager, the electronics person unhappily accepted my shopping cart
> > full of batteries (amazed at the load it could hold).
> >
> > Thanks again.  I've never tried to dispose of a bunch of these
> personally,
> > only as part of a larger electronics disposal at $work.
> >
> > Now to find someone who will the old CRT monitor in the basement without
> > charging me much.  Hopefully that will go on freecycle.
> > Jon
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 10:32 AM, Edward Ned Harvey (bblisa4) <
> > bblisa4 at nedharvey.com> wrote:
> >
> >>> From: bblisa-bounces at bblisa.org [mailto:bblisa-bounces at bblisa.org] On
> >>> Behalf Of Jon Young
> >>>
> >>
> >> I like other peoples' suggestions to dispose for free, or even get paid
> >> for your disposal.  If you can, that suggestion is better than mine.
>  ;-)
> >>
> >> Failing the above, my suggestion is to simply punch "battery" or
> >> "batteries" into google maps.  There are tons of battery stores out
> there,
> >> probably at least one within 3 miles of any urban location.  I just call
> >> them, ask if they take batteries, they say yes, I drop them off an pay a
> >> little bit of money.  Sometimes they are automotive locations, sometimes
> >> they are simply battery stores.  Such as Batteries Plus+.  For example
> >> (near my home.)
> >>
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