Quote Originally Posted by kss View Post
I am not sure exactly which parts they do not like or are toxic, but in PA at least monitors and all electronics are technically e-waste and not legally allowed to go into a landfill. Throwing a toaster or blender or other non-computer related electronics are usually taken no problem but I have seen the trash people leave LCD and CRT tvs and monitors behind and not take them. There are 2 dumps near me that will take WHOLE LCDs/CRTs, but from residents only (have to show ID that has address in the county) and you can only bring 3 per time, AND they wont take them if you have taken them apart/are not whole.
They've had an electronics recycling thing going on here for quite awhile now. There's a separate building at the transfer station just for electronics recycling. I guess you could say that we've been out there on the "bleeding edge" of the recycling effort since the 70's. The lawmakers in the state congress are pretty environmentally minded.



The system that's in place seems to be getting a bit ragged around the edges. It's not working like it did a few years ago. The stuff is still being collected at the electronics recycling building but it's not going anywhere. It's just sitting there piling up. The building is stuffed full and now it's spilling out into the parking lot. That seems to be the case with the other electronics recycling buildings that i've checked out as well.

As nearly as i can tell the whole problem revolves around funding and who pays for what. The electronics recycling effort isn't self sustaining. It needs to be government subsidized to keep it working.

To make a long complicated story short : The state legislature effectively cut the funding for the program and now it's slowly falling apart.

It's all rather sad.