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Question about Best Buy's Recycling Program (RE: G3 iMac CRTs) - StingMe - 03-04-2010
Does anyone here know if Best Buy accepts things like bare CRTs for recycling?
I have several G3 iMacs that have given up the ghost and I'd like to take 'em apart and do something with the shells but I don't want the CRT and associated electronics to end up in a landfill - if Best Buy will take the CRT and my $10 in exchange for a $10 Best Buy gift card I'd say we have a deal (or 2 or 3 or 12)
I keep meaning to stop by BB to ask but haven't gotten around to it yet...
http://www.bestbuy.com/recycling
Excerpt: Three items per household per day...Nearly everything electronic, including tube TVs and monitors up to 32"...We charge $10 for televisions and monitors, but you immediately receive a $10 Best Buy gift card good toward future purchase.
Re: Question about Best Buy's Recycling Program (RE: G3 iMac CRTs) - C(-)ris - 03-04-2010
I doubt they will. There is a safety issue there.
Re: Question about Best Buy's Recycling Program (RE: G3 iMac CRTs) - mattkime - 03-04-2010
this might be obvious but you'd want to leave them in some sort of box and make sure you've discharged the capacitors. otherwise some poor best buy slave might be knocked on his a$$
Re: Question about Best Buy's Recycling Program (RE: G3 iMac CRTs) - StingMe - 03-04-2010
mattkime wrote: this might be obvious but you'd want to leave them in some sort of box and make sure you've discharged the capacitors. otherwise some poor best buy slave might be knocked on his a$$
Yeah, I planned on discharging the CRTs and putting a couple of 'em in a sturdy cardboard box
