First off, don’t throw it in the trash.
There are TV recycling centers, retailers that will help you do it, and charities that may take your old TV. So, where do you go That requires you to do a bit of homework. Some people are using this digital transition as an opportunity to get rid of the old to make way for the new. “We actually bought new TV’s so there was no use for them anymore,” said Janet Owsley. “We’ve processed about 22,000 monitors and TVs a month currently, and expect that to go way up obviously,” said Jim Glavin, Sims recycling Solutions. Like Sims Recycling, Intercon Solutions in suburban Chicago Heights breaks down TV components for recycling to keep potentially dangerous materials out of landfills.
“There is a lot of wood in tvs, a lot of lead in TV’s, and glass in TV’s all those components go back down to their raw metal or material component so they can be remanufactured into something else,” said Brian Brundage, CEO, Intercon Solutions.