tv and e-waste
northwest indiana.
Indiana does not want televisions and computers in the landfill, and neither do you after the drive to a drop-off that is open four hours on a Saturday. The Northwest Indiana crew picks up the tube TV from the basement and the pile of dead laptops from the closet in one stop, and takes them to a recycler that is certified to handle them.
- Quote
- Flat for TVs, by the box for small electronics
- Tube TVs
- Yes, including console sets
- Data
- Drives can be removed on request
- Destination
- Certified e-waste recycler
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What goes on the truck.
Loads with the crew
- Tube televisions, including heavy console cabinets
- Flat screen TVs, working or cracked
- Desktop computers, laptops and servers
- Monitors, printers, scanners and fax machines
- Stereo equipment, speakers and receivers
- Cables, chargers, routers and small electronics by the box
Stays behind, and why
- Loose lithium batteries not inside a device (tape the terminals and the crew will take them)
- Smoke detectors and medical devices, which have their own disposal channels
Before the crew arrives.
Pull personal data if you care about it, or ask the crew to remove and hand you the hard drive.
Box up small electronics and cables so they can be counted and priced quickly.
Unmount wall TVs. The crew removes the TV from the bracket but does not patch walls.
Note any tube TV on an upper floor so the crew brings a second person.
How it is priced.
Televisions are flat per set, with console tube TVs priced a step higher because of the weight. Small electronics are priced by the box. Everything else you add rides with the load.
Get today's numberWhere it lands.
TVs and computers go to a certified electronics recycler where leaded glass, circuit boards, plastics and metals are separated. Working laptops and monitors can go to donation partners that refurbish them for schools.
Mission log.
Straight answers from the Northwest Indiana crew. Anything not covered here, call and ask.
(219) 555-0147Q 01Can I put a TV in the trash in Northwest Indiana?
Indiana law bars households from putting TVs, computers and monitors in the regular trash. They need to go to a recycler, which is what the crew does.
Q 02Do you take old tube TVs from basements in Hobart and Gary?
Yes. Console tube sets are heavy and awkward, so two people carry them up.
Q 03What about my data on the computer?
Ask the crew to pull the drive and hand it to you. Otherwise the recycler shreds drives as part of its process.
Q 04Do you take printers and cables?
Yes. Box them up and they are priced by the box.
Q 05Can a business in Merrillville schedule an office electronics cleanout?
Yes. Monitors, towers, printers and server racks are common. After-hours pickups can be arranged.
Q 06Do you take cracked flat screens?
Yes. Cracked or dead, they go to the same recycler.
Q 07Where do the electronics end up?
At a certified e-waste recycler, not a landfill or an overseas container.
Q 08Is there a minimum?
One TV is enough for a pickup, though it is cheaper when combined with other items.
Point at it. The Northwest Indiana crew takes it from there.
Tell us what is going and when. The crew calls back with a window and a ballpark, and the exact price gets confirmed on site.
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