Electronics Recycling Near You!

The other day I had to switch the batteries out of my wireless mouse - so I left the old batteries sitting on my desk and went back to work.  About an hour later I kept hearing this sizzling noise and finally traced it back to one of the batteries sitting on my desk.  Ewwwwwww.  I started thinking about being glad there was a place to safely recycle batteries so that it wouldn't be bubbling underneath our feet one day in a landfill.  I then turned back around to my computer and the article shared below was in my inbox.  I decided that meant I needed to put this community information out there.  This program is a win-win-win - You win because it means $ in your pocket, Best Buy wins for alot of different reasons, and our Earth wins because it's one less toxic item in a landfill.  Need I say more? 

Best Buy takes electronics-recycling program nationwide

Atlanta Business Chronicle - by John Vomhof Jr.

Best Buy Co. Inc. has expanded its electronics-recycling program to all of its 1,006 U.S. stores, the company announced Tuesday.

The Richfield, Minn.-based consumer-electronics retailer started testing the program at 117 stores in eight states last June , including all of its Minnesota locations.

The program allows consumers to bring up to two units per day, per household, to any U.S. Best Buy store for recycling. Stores will accept most consumer electronics, including televisions and monitors up to 32 inches, desktop and notebook computers, small electronics, VCRs, DVD players and phones, as well as accessories such as keyboards, mice and remotes.

Best Buy charges a $10 recycling fee for items with screens, including televisions, laptops and monitors. However, customers with those items will receive a $10 Best Buy gift card in exchange for the recycling fee. The fee does not apply to units recycled in California or for Best Buy store-branded products, such as Insignia, Dynex and VPR Matrix.

Best Buy does not accept televisions or monitors larger than 32 inches; console televisions; items that contain Freon, including air conditioners, dehumidifiers and mini refrigerators; microwaves; and large appliances.

The program now is available in all 50 states, and Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) hopes to extend the program to Puerto Rico soon, spokeswoman Kelly Groehler said.

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