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Electronics Recycling in NYC

The Lower East Side Ecology Center has lined up a number of electronics recycling events throughout New York City this spring. Drop off your unwanted electronics at any one of these locations.

 

Manhattan
March 28, 2010 from 10 am to 4 pm: Union Square, 17th Street and Broadway
April 10, 2010, from 10 am to 4 pm: Tekserve, 119 West 23rd Street, Chelsea

April 18, 2010, from 10 am to 4 pm: Morningside Park, Morningside Avenue between 113th and 114th Streets, Harlem

 

Roosevelt Island
April 3, 2010, from 10 am to 4 pm: Good Shepherd Plaza, 543 Main Street, Roosevelt Island

 

Brooklyn
April 17, 2010, from 10 am to 4 pm: Habana Outpost, South Portland Avenue and Fulton Street, Fort Greene
April 25, 2010, from 10 am to 4 pm: PS 29 School Yard, Baltic Street between Henry and Clinton Streets, Cobble Hill

 

Queens
April 11, 2010, from 10 am to 4 pm: Travers Park, 78th Street between Northern Boulevard and 34th Avenue, Jackson Heights

 

What's accepted
They only accept items from homes, not from businesses. There's no limit to how much stuff you can bring.
Items they accept:

  • Computers (laptops & desktops, servers, mainframes)
  • Monitors
  • Printers, scanners, fax-machines, copiers
  • Network devices (routers, hubs, modems, etc.)
  • Peripherals (keyboards, mice, cables, etc.)
  • Components (hard drives, CD-ROMs, circuit boards, power supplies, etc.)
  • TVs, VCRs, & DVD Players
  • Audio-visual equipment
  • Cell phones, pagers, PDAs
  • Telecommunication (phones, answering machines, etc.)

Don't forget to keep your data private
Don't forget to secure-erase all data off of any hard drives or flash drives you recycle. Or you can physically destroy the drive (which can be fun). If you need help erasing data please get in touch with us.

 

For more information
For more information visit the Lower East Side Ecology Center website.

 

(March 2010)