recycling electronics

[icehenge]

i'm posting a message here cause it seems like the best place.
Where can i go to recycle all my old computers and electronics?
I have a lot of stuff. 3-4 computers, 5 monitors, broken vcr, etc.
All the computer stuff is very old (i'm a collector), so i can't donated it.

I'm about at my wits end since the county only has a recycling
event twice a year and i missed the last one. I'm in Nashville, TN.
Anyone know of anyone i could take this stuff and safely dispose
of it?

[rosesaylavee]

1. Have you tried

Freecycle or Freesource yet? Also - post on Craig's list in Nashville. You just may get someone to come by and pickup at your house for free.

www.freecycle.org
www.freesourcesrn.org

[icehenge]

2. will check into

thanks.
I'll post it on freecycle.
I'm not sure how popular an IBM XT, 386 computers, and monchrome
monitors are :) but i might get a bite.

Freesourcesrn.org is interesting but they don't have a group
in TN although they have a blog it looks like. I'll
look more into those.

I wish recycling this stuff was simple and easy like recycling
pop cans...

[rosesaylavee]

3. we're quite lucky

in our county. There is an electronic recycling morning once/month. Sometimes on the freecycle list here I do see people looking for old computer parts to tinker with - so you may get a few bites.

[Duer 157099]

4. Our town just started a program

where we can put electronics into the blue recyclin bin!! Just not monitors or TVs, but all other stuff.

I've got a piece that's going in this week.

I second the Craigslist suggestion -- post it in the "Free" section -- you'd be amazed. There are all kinds of gadget guys who love to pick up spare parts (even old ones can be broken down into useful parts).

[icehenge]

5. thanks

thanks for the tips you all! If not i suppose (shrugs shoulders)
i can hold onto this stuff for a few more months till the county
recycle day event.

[Igel]

6. Perhaps this will help.

Perhaps not.

http://www.earthpro.com/electronics.htm has the following:

Waste Programs
Division of Solid/Hazardous Waste Management
Solid Waste Disposal Board
Computer and Electronics Recycling in Tennessee
E-Waste & U-WasteContact:
Joe Putnam
Phone: [phone]
[e-mail]

Robert Nakamoto (U-Waste)
Phone: [phone]
[e-mail]

Louis Bordenave
[e-mail]

I'd contact one of them, e-mail's essentially free and fairly anonymous (yes, you give your name, but it's not like you'll ever meet this people).

Hope it helps. If it doesn't, here's a way to find a local contact with experience: look up some local university/college student government--they always have a recycling group, and it usually has a contact e-mail. They're eager to help people recycle.

[WhiteTara]

7. Try Goodwill

they have a computer recyling program in my state.