[LM_NET] Gen: Recycling Old Electronics - Please distribute as far and wide as possible!

["William L. Katzenberger" <william.katzenberger@COMCAST.NET>]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/03/AR2009070302635.html?hpid=sec-tech
 



Help File: Recycling Old Electronics 


By Rob Pegoraro 
Sunday, July 5, 2009 




Q I've got an old analog TV collecting dust at home. How can I recycle or safely 
dispose of it? 

A Th e environmental hazards of old television sets and other consumer-electronics 
detritus -- for instance, lead in a TV's cathode-ray tube and mercury in a 
flat-panel screen -- haven't grown less serious. But your choices for minimizing 
those risks have improved since I wrote about them last summer . 

First, you can try to sell or donate the old set. Several readers have said they've 
found a home for an old TV through the Freecycle site ( http://freecycle.org ). 

William L. Katzenberger 
Media Specialist and Technology Coordinator 
Dodge Park Elementary School 
3401 Hubbard Rd 
Landover, MD 20785 

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