![]() ![]() Yes! We recycle nearly all consumer and business electronics, including computers, printers, smartphones, cameras and even stereo equipment. NOTE: PCD does not accept the old wooden console televisions. If you don't already know the size of your television, measure the glass screen from the upper left corner to the lower right corner and multiply times two. Our recycling methods are fully compliant with Environmental Protection Agency rules and recycling laws in Missouri and Kansas. From there, each material is shipped to its corresponding recycling plant: metal recycling center, glass recycler, plastic bailer, etc. In our industry, PC Disposal's TV recycling center is classified as a “collector-separator.” The television is broken down and separated into its basic material categories. Recycling TVs helps to conserve natural resources and energy, and reduce pollution resulting from the extraction and processing of raw materials from the earth. However, those same TVs contain copper, steel and aluminum that can be recovered through recycling. Improper disposal means this toxic substance can leach into the ground. Old televisions contain approximately 4 to 8 pounds of lead, a neurotoxin. Between 20, the number of TVs that entered the waste stream increased by 14 percent. Of the TVs discarded, only 18 percent were recycled. ![]() In 2007, Americans had accumulated 99 million TVs in storage and discarded nearly 27 million TVs, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. ![]()
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