Equit-e-cycle in the Brookley complex takes in all sorts of electronic equipment.
"We were already recycling some electronics," says project coordinator Bill Evatt. "We warehouse telephone equipment and other electronics and we were already recycling our own equipment here that had expired or gone out of date or whatever."
In 2002, the EPA announced anyone caught dumping TVs in a landfill will be fined.
There's up to eight pounds of lead in every TV.
There's phosphorous and other chemcials that aren't environmentally friendly.
But as we approach this digital age and people get newer TVs, what do you do with the old one?
Now, Equit-e-cycle can take care of you.
"It appears that people are really concerned about that," says Evatt. "They don't know what they're going to do with their TVs some February. Can they be converted? Do i have to buy a new one? So there are a lot of questions about that. We tried to get the word out. We're trying to get it out to the general public now. They can bring there TVs here."
There is a small charge to drop your TV, but it's off your hands and all the parts will be fully recycled.
That fee is a $20 charge to drop off your TV.
That's simply their cost to process the monitor.
Equit-e-cycle is on Perimeter Road in the Brookley complex.
For more information, go to www.equitecycle.com.
