What Goes Where?

Televisions, computers and other electronic items contain hazardous materials like lead, mercury and cadmium. They pose a threat to the environment if buried in a landfill. Bring them to a drop-off location for chemical recovery and component recycling.

• Desktop, laptop, portable & tablet computers
• E-book readers
• Modems, external drives, zip drives
• Monitors, keyboards, mice, cameras, microphones
• Printers, scanners, copiers & multi-function devices
• Wires, cables, power cords

• Answering machines & dictating machines
• Calculators & adding machines
• Electronic typewriters
• Fax machines, printers, copiers & multi-function devices
• Pagers & PDA’s
• Telephones (corded & cordless)

• Television, Home Theatre System
• Receiver, Amplifier, Equalizer, Speaker, Turntable
• VCR/DVD/Blu-ray Player/Recorder
• Audio Docking Station
• Vehicle Radio, Speaker, Player
• Video Game System/Software
• Radio, Clock Radio
• Video & Audio Cassettes, 8-Track
• CDs, DVDs (Music, Video, Software)

In addition, many cell phone retailers have drop boxes for unwanted cell phones and cell phone batteries.

• Digital cameras
• Digital picture frames
• Non-digital cameras
• Security cameras
• Video cameras
• Web cameras

An intro to e-waste: Why it’s a problem

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• Household Hazardous Waste Facility 35 Fireman’s Memorial Drive Pomona, NY 10970

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How Televisions are Recycled

Here is the process for correctly stripping down and recycling a CRT television or monitor at the recycling facility:

• First, a worker hand dismantles each television or monitor, separating out the different components.
• The plastic, wood and copper coil found on the back of the CRT can be sold on the commodities market and turned into new products.
• The circuit boards go to specialized recyclers that reclaim the gold, platinum and other precious metals.
• The CRT itself is made up of three parts: the panel (the glass on the front), the funnel (the part behind the glass that narrows to a point) and the frit line, which attaches the two pieces together.
• The three pieces are carefully separated for recycling.
• The panel is coated in phosphorous, which must be removed and destroyed as hazardous waste.
• Once the phosphorous is removed, the panel glass can be used as material in the manufacturing of new televisions.
• The glass in the funnel can also be reused, mostly in slim-fit CRT TV’s which are now popular in South America and Asia.

Newer television models create different recycling challenges. Many contain mercury and the screens cannot be reused in new televisions.

• Household Hazardous Waste Facility 35 Fireman’s Memorial Drive Pomona, NY 10970

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How Paper is Recycled

How Televisions are Recycled

Here is the process for correctly stripping down and recycling a CRT television or monitor at the recycling facility:

• First, a worker hand dismantles each television or monitor, separating out the different components.
• The plastic, wood and copper coil found on the back of the CRT can be sold on the commodities market and turned into new products.
• The circuit boards go to specialized recyclers that reclaim the gold, platinum and other precious metals.
• The CRT itself is made up of three parts: the panel (the glass on the front), the funnel (the part behind the glass that narrows to a point) and the frit line, which attaches the two pieces together.
• The three pieces are carefully separated for recycling.
• The panel is coated in phosphorous, which must be removed and destroyed as hazardous waste.
• Once the phosphorous is removed, the panel glass can be used as material in the manufacturing of new televisions.
• The glass in the funnel can also be reused, mostly in slim-fit CRT TV’s which are now popular in South America and Asia.

Newer television models create different recycling challenges. Many contain mercury and the screens cannot be reused in new televisions.

• Household Hazardous Waste Facility 35 Fireman’s Memorial Drive Pomona, NY 10970

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How Paper is Recycled

How Televisions are Recycled

Here is the process for correctly stripping down and recycling a CRT television or monitor at the recycling facility:

• First, a worker hand dismantles each television or monitor, separating out the different components.
• The plastic, wood and copper coil found on the back of the CRT can be sold on the commodities market and turned into new products.
• The circuit boards go to specialized recyclers that reclaim the gold, platinum and other precious metals.
• The CRT itself is made up of three parts: the panel (the glass on the front), the funnel (the part behind the glass that narrows to a point) and the frit line, which attaches the two pieces together.
• The three pieces are carefully separated for recycling.
• The panel is coated in phosphorous, which must be removed and destroyed as hazardous waste.
• Once the phosphorous is removed, the panel glass can be used as material in the manufacturing of new televisions.
• The glass in the funnel can also be reused, mostly in slim-fit CRT TV’s which are now popular in South America and Asia.

Newer television models create different recycling challenges. Many contain mercury and the screens cannot be reused in new televisions.

• Household Hazardous Waste Facility 35 Fireman’s Memorial Drive Pomona, NY 10970

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How Paper is Recycled

How Televisions are Recycled

Here is the process for correctly stripping down and recycling a CRT television or monitor at the recycling facility:

• First, a worker hand dismantles each television or monitor, separating out the different components.
• The plastic, wood and copper coil found on the back of the CRT can be sold on the commodities market and turned into new products.
• The circuit boards go to specialized recyclers that reclaim the gold, platinum and other precious metals.
• The CRT itself is made up of three parts: the panel (the glass on the front), the funnel (the part behind the glass that narrows to a point) and the frit line, which attaches the two pieces together.
• The three pieces are carefully separated for recycling.
• The panel is coated in phosphorous, which must be removed and destroyed as hazardous waste.
• Once the phosphorous is removed, the panel glass can be used as material in the manufacturing of new televisions.
• The glass in the funnel can also be reused, mostly in slim-fit CRT TV’s which are now popular in South America and Asia.

Newer television models create different recycling challenges. Many contain mercury and the screens cannot be reused in new televisions.

• Household Hazardous Waste Facility 35 Fireman’s Memorial Drive Pomona, NY 10970

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