CITY OF MANSFIELD STORM WATER MANAGEMENT
ELECTRONIC WASTES
Electronic Recycling Opportunities:
November 15, 2008 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. bring your used electronics to City Hall, 1200 E. Broad St, to be dropped off for recycling. This service is provided free of charge. For a complete list of accepted items, click on this brochure.
In addition to this event, residents are encouraged to bring working electronics to Goodwill, or any of the mission centers in the region. For more information about how to handle working electronics, contact Howard Redfearn at 817-276-4240.
Televisions can be turned in for recycling through a voucher program. Only the first 250 participants will be able to receive a voucher. Contact Howard Redfearn at 817-473-2562 for more information or to sign up for a voucher. Participants in the voucher program will need to bring their televisions to City Hall sometime in January 2009. Vouchers will be mailed out before the dropoff with the date and time for dropoff. This service is being funded through a grant from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality processed through the North Central Texas Council of Governments, and therefore only 250 participants will be considered.
As with other electronics, working TV sets can be useful to someone else in the community, and residents are encouraged to take working TV sets to Goodwill or one of the mission centers in the area.
Cell Phones: Several locations in town will accept your used cell phones year round. Best Buy has dropoff bins in their foyer for cell phones, rechargeable batteries and ink cartridges. Home Depot has a dropoff bin for cell phones and compact flourscent light bulbs next to the self check out. If your store has dropoff bins for materials and you are not on this list, please call 817-276-4240 with a list of items accepted and their location in your store.
What Are eWastes?
eWastes are old electronics, discarded because they are no longer wanted or no longer work. Recently, they have begun to receive a lot of attention for the potential hazards they pose when disposed using traditional methods, or illegally.
Radios, televisions, computer monitors, computer motherboards, microwaves, and several other household electronics contain substances that can be harmful to wildlife and humans.
Lead, zinc, mercury, nickel, cadmium and chromium are some of the metals used throughout these products that can cause serious harm if released into the environment. It is very important that these items are not discarded on roadsides, or in local waterways.
These metals have even been known to cause problems at landfills where they have escaped the liners and entered ground and surface water sources.
What Do I Do With An Old Tv, Radio, Computer Monitor, Or Computer?
If the products still work, others may find use for them. Local churches, thrift stores and other charitable organizations often accept these kinds of items and make them available to others. It is an environmentally friendly way to remove these items from your home or business, without sending them to the landfill or dumping them illegally.
Sending these items to a recycling center, where components containing these metals are removed and used as a source for raw material or sending them to a reuse facility are also acceptable methods of disposal.
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