Here is one more reason that Best Buy® is a geek’s favorite store: Best Buy will recycle your old computer and electronics gear, mostly for free.
Best Buy will recycle “just about anything electronic, including TVs, DVD players, computer monitors, cell phones and more.”
You can bring in up to two items per household per day, but I arrived on a quiet morning with two old PCs and two old printers, and Best Buy cheerfully took them all.
Best Buy will recycle many electronic items for free. However, there is a $10 charge for items with a screen, including CRTs, monitors, laptops and TVs 32" and smaller. Fortunately, Best Buy gives you a $10 gift card to offset the cost.
Use the Best Buy haul-away or pickup programs for Console TVs, monitors and TVs larger than 32", and appliances such as refrigerators, freezers, dishwashers, washers, dryers, ranges and microwaves.
One important point: desktop or laptop computers must have the hard drive removed. Watch this Geek Squad video on how to safely remove your hard drive, or Best Buy will remove it for $19.99.
Disclosure: I’m just a Best Buy customer and have no other connection to the store.
Article published on February 17, 2010
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February 19th, 2010 at 7:29 pm
I think that a lot of people don’t realize how much damage old electronics do when not properly recycled. Here is an article from The Greener Truth that talks about a really neat solution to this problem: Eco ATMs. http://thegreenertruth.com/2010/02/what-do-you-do-with-your-old-electronics/
August 5th, 2011 at 6:00 am
E-waste need not to be a problem as long as we become responsible enough in properly disposing our old electronic devices and not just our paper or plastic items. In this way, we can even earn or save money while helping out in the fight against global warming and other environment-related concerns.