State environmental officials have a serious reminder for everyone expecting to get new electronics as replacements for out-of-date laptops or televisions this gift-giving season: it’s against the law to throw old electronic devices in the trash.
Connecticut requires that unwanted computers, printers, TVs, cell phones, tablets and any other electronic devices or “e-waste’ be dropped off recycling centers. An alternative would be to donate your old electronics to a charity.
“Recycling is one of the easiest things people can do to help our environment and this program has helped to keep millions of pounds of e-waste out of our landfills,” said Mark Latham, e-waste program leader for the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.
In 2007, Connecticut became one of the first states in the nation to pass an electronics recycling law. The state ban on throwing electronics in the trash took effect in 2011, and more than 100,000 pounds of e-waste has been recycled since then, according to DEEP statistics.
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