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.
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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.
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recycle.msu.edu. these searches find nothing. Featured info links are telephone directories, flourescent tubes, and transparencies.
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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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Questions? Contact Waste Reduction Services at 517-483-4400 or
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Special thanks to the Ingham County Road Commission for use of their facility.
City of Lansing,
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