From: jl@glen--canyon.com   
      
   On Wed, 17 Dec 2025 12:53:55 -0700, Don Y   
    wrote:   
      
   >On 12/17/2025 10:40 AM, Buzz McCool wrote:   
   >> On 12/14/2025 11:26 AM, Don Y wrote:   
   >>> I repair a lot of LCD/LED TVs -- to keep them from the land fill.   
   >> Don, how do you happen to come across so many repairable TVs and other   
   >> consumer electronics?   
   >   
   >"Electronics" are considered "hazardous waste" (I'm not sure if that   
   >is the law elsewhere but it is, here -- heavy metals, etc.).   
   >   
   >So, anyone (residents, businesses, etc.) who wants to dispose   
   >of an old computer, TV, microwave oven, cell phone, etc. is   
   >prevented from just tossing it in with the regular trash.   
      
   Prevented how?   
      
   >You, effectively, have to find a way to turn it into   
   >someone *else's* problem!  :>   
      
   Dump it into someone elses' trash can!   
      
   >   
   >The city offers places where you can drop off "hazardous waste"   
   >items (which also includes the sorts of things that you would   
   >consider to be hazardous -- insecticides, herbicides, motor   
   >oil, etc.).  But, these are only open sporadically.   
      
   Some stores here, like BestBuy, accept used electronics.   
      
   We have our major dump hub on Tunnel Road that takes household trash,   
   including electronics and paint and such.   
      
      
   John Larkin   
   Highland Tech Glen Canyon Design Center   
   Lunatic Fringe Electronics   
      
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