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Does MSU sponsor any organized collection drives for recycling CRT
televisions and computer monitors?  A bunch of searching finds nothing at
MSU, but there are some upcoming events in the area.

Disposal of CRT monitors and televisions will peak massively in 2009
because: people are buying laptops instead of desktops, people are buying
LCD displays to replace desktop CRT monitors, and people are replacing CRT
televisions with flat panels -- all in record numbers. In particular,
 February 17, 2009 will cause a huge spike of CRTs in area landfills.

I personally need to dispose of 4 CRT monitors and televisions, so I
searched for community efforts. Unfortunately searches for such programs
don't turn up anything at MSU. You find lots of "eat your spinach"
announcements telling people what a great idea it is to recycle CRTs, but
I'm not finding any organized efforts.

-- From www.msu.edu, searches such as "dispose CRT" or "recycle TV" find
documents, some quite old, on why it's a good idea, but zero info on actual
campus or community events or programs.

-- From recycle.msu.edu. these searches find nothing.  Featured info links
are telephone directories, flourescent tubes, and transparencies.

-- At bespartangreen.msu.edu you can't search for this -- there is no search
box.  "News and Events" describes recycling efforts in Snyder-Phillips and
in library restrooms -- for Fall, 2007 -- nothing about CRTs or televisions.

Some poking around did reveal two events coming up sponsored by the City of
Lansing in January and February.

/rich

http://www.lansingmi.gov/Lansing/gogreen/freeewastecoll09.pdf

FREE TV AND COMPUTER RECYCLING EVENTS COMING
SOON TO LANSING!
Event is Open to Everyone!
(Please call ahead to arrange time for large loads)
Dates:
(Rain or Shine!)
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Time:
9am—2pm
Location:
Ingham County Road Commission, 5613 S. Aurelius Rd.
(between Jolly and Miller)

Items Accepted Include:
·  Televisions—All sizes
·  PC's, desktops, towers, servers, all in ones (apple imac) or notebooks
·  Computer monitors (14", 15", 17", 19", 21", CRT or LCD type)
·  Printers
·  Computer parts such as floppies, hard drives, memory, circuit boards,
anything you would find in a PC, scanners, UPS's
·  Cell Phones

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