Where to Recycle Your Old Television

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Where can I recyle my large t.v. set that is 7 yrs. old here in Ypsilanti, Michigan?

CHRISTINE of MI 9:56PM January 18, 2013

I have an old tv in the basement and cannot get it out myself. who can help me

Janet of NY 6:12PM December 10, 2011

Best Buy takes old TV's up to 32" for Free.
ohio drop off also takes TV's for $1/INCH.

CJEAN of OH 11:22PM December 30, 2010

I have spent more than an hour with Sony Customer Service agents trying to get the information, confirmation to use their "Take It Back" recycling program with UPS to recycle a TV, but they act like they've never heard of it. The very fancy website listing the drop-off sites has a disconnected phone number and UPS has no information on their end.
I can't help but think Sony is counting on us just giving up. Not this customer! I will not see this piece of toxic stuff going into my WV landfills.

Linda Dobbs of WV 10:56AM December 27, 2010

I, Danielle D. Elliott need to switch to digital-television urgently. I cannot watch that many shows on my old-television. Can you help/assist me?

Danielle D. Elliott of DC 5:01PM February 01, 2010

I, Danielle D. Elliott need to switch to digital-television urgently. I cannot watch that many shows on my old-television. Can you help/assist me?

Danielle D. Elliott of DC 5:00PM February 01, 2010

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Paul of OH 2:28PM January 05, 2010

anyone know where tv's can be recycled in or near the marion area

cj henry of OH 10:42AM December 27, 2009

DOES ANYONE OUT THERE KNOW WHERE I CAN RECYCLE (NOT WORKING) TV SETS FOR FREE IN THE BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS AREA? I HAVE AROUND 7 OF THEM AND CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY TO HAVE THESE TAKEN AWAY.

Susan of MA 11:45AM June 09, 2009

I believe the Commercial TV Networks have responsiblities and a large duty to The Public in this Rush to a Digital Television spectrum, well beyond their limited present roles. I believe a unique position is held by the hundreds of local affiliates, as
`representatives' of an important industry's national role locally.
As such, I believe they should, as a final part of their prior and long-standing critical position and important local communtiy role be required to become LOCAL RECEIVERS OF ALL OLD UNWANTED TELEVISIONS STILL HELD BY ALL VIEWERS IN ALL COUNTYS AND STATES in the US, and to do so as a thanks to viewers in these communities for their prior, continuous and future support of these entities in communities all across country...
I wish to raise a once clear issue of concern, wrongly allowed to be ingored in TV's unique role & that shouldn't have been.
The profiteering TV Networks are now on the verge of enjoying what will be endless profits FOREVER, finally ENABLED to ignore their founding tenets and pursue profits BEFORE a once important
`public duty' role is complete; to fulfill what was the original
FCC mandate at the dawn of Radio as an Industry... #1, to inform, then #2, educate and LASTLY, to #3, to entertain "The Public, over the Public Airwaves..."
The insulting requirement of "Public Use of Funds" ($40 credit
coupons for a 5 or $10 piece of equipment)to enable (ALLOW?)
air-based tv signals to become `privatized' & used' exclusively
by corporate TV `commercial' broadcast networks is just 1 more sad angle for `the public' to endure, for the privilege of
staying "informed" through what marginally qualifies as `news'!
Their `self-education' duties clearly woefully failed all
recognized standards, the subordinate roles of elected/appointed
representatives should be scrutinized but won't be by a corrupt media, almost inherent, virtually corrupt mob, unwilling and
incapable of honestly or substantively investigating or punish-
ing an entire subculture of those in co-optive assistance to Media's Non-Public Interest- of the most profit via the least effort, not even considering a long-lost "Duty to the Public Interest" Mandate...
As a Craigslist follower in a self-interest based in goodwill,
i'e'; that honesty-based recycling does do a lot of good, getting items that work from 1 person to others, this TV signal change has raised the darker shadows of some souls to falsely claim to have been knowingly offering broken & dead TVs to others.
As as consequence, I am currently in possession of 6 or 7 TVs I'd like to recycle without an additional cost to myself, minus gas I use dropping them off...
Do you think Commercial TV Networks Affiliates should be made to accept old TVs, as a simple way to recycle TVs for their own viewers? This last year has shown repeatedly how well the CONNECTED, SMART, RICH & SOULLESS evade responsibility.
This is a reasonable hands-on way to help those in need...