Originally Posted by
Faceball
My county drop-off was kinda in the middle. I would take the yoke and all the wire from the CRT but left the brown board. No broken tubes or shell allowed. As long as something was left in the unit, they never bothered me. Flat panel was free drop off but had to be whole.
Unfortunately …. All this has come to a screeching halt as of the 1st if this year. We now have a $15 PER UNIT on ALL TVS and monitors, both fat screen and CRT. I had a good talk to the floor manager and they are now finding them mixed in the tip floor, mixed in with the rubbish. Seems ppl are not taking it well.
I’ll be checking out my local Staples for an outlet.
Yea I dont understand why they dont all take them free for drop off. The way I see it, people are either going to drive it there, and drop it off for free (where it is at least separate and able to be handled/recycled properly)... OR they are going to charge a fee and then people will instead just slip them into the trash bags, throw them in a random dumpster (or on the side of the road), etc....
But I guess they figure if you dump them in a river, side of the road, or other companies dumpster, its not their problem, and they would rather that than have to pay to get rid of them for you. It only hurts them if they come in un-noticed in their normal trash.... and even then if they pretend they dont see it they can probably just bury it in the landfill without anyone noticing if there is no one there to audit it....
People need free options to do things with their discarded items or it ends up becoming pollution, simple as that. Hopefully staples is our savior....
edit: I am not saying I would do any of these illegal or unethical disposal methods, I am just referring to "people" in general. I always properly dispose of everything, even if it costs an arm and a leg... prefer it free though obviously......
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