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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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) < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] 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.) > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > bblisa mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa > > _______________________________________________ > bblisa mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa >
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