<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body ><div>I believe that bestbuy will take crts for free, or charge you $10, which they then give to you as a gift card. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:75%;color:#575757">rgt</div></div><br><br><br>-------- Original message --------<br>From: Bob Webber <webber@panix.com> <br>Date: 06/30/2013 2:33 PM (GMT-05:00) <br>To: Jon Young <jon@network-plumbers.com> <br>Cc: bblisa@bblisa.org <br>Subject: Re: [BBLISA] Where to dispose of CRTs <br> <br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>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<br><Town Name> MA crt disposal<br>seems to usually turn up the right information.<br><br><br>On Jun 29, 2013, at 5:31 PM, Jon Young <jon@network-plumbers.com> wrote:<br><br>> Thanks to all that responded. I decided to take the stash to Staples since<br>> their website indicates they take UPS batteries. After a gentle nudge from<br>> the manager, the electronics person unhappily accepted my shopping cart<br>> full of batteries (amazed at the load it could hold).<br>> <br>> Thanks again. I've never tried to dispose of a bunch of these personally,<br>> only as part of a larger electronics disposal at $work.<br>> <br>> Now to find someone who will the old CRT monitor in the basement without<br>> charging me much. Hopefully that will go on freecycle.<br>> Jon<br>> <br>> <br>> On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 10:32 AM, Edward Ned Harvey (bblisa4) <<br>> bblisa4@nedharvey.com> wrote:<br>> <br>>>> From: bblisa-bounces@bblisa.org [mailto:bblisa-bounces@bblisa.org] On<br>>>> Behalf Of Jon Young<br>>>> <br>>> <br>>> I like other peoples' suggestions to dispose for free, or even get paid<br>>> for your disposal. If you can, that suggestion is better than mine. ;-)<br>>> <br>>> Failing the above, my suggestion is to simply punch "battery" or<br>>> "batteries" into google maps. There are tons of battery stores out there,<br>>> probably at least one within 3 miles of any urban location. I just call<br>>> them, ask if they take batteries, they say yes, I drop them off an pay a<br>>> little bit of money. Sometimes they are automotive locations, sometimes<br>>> they are simply battery stores. Such as Batteries Plus+. For example<br>>> (near my home.)<br>>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> bblisa mailing list<br>> bblisa@bblisa.org<br>> http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>bblisa mailing list<br>bblisa@bblisa.org<br>http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa<br></body>