Where to recycle in UA
CFLs: The Home Depot (Hilliard) will recycle compact fluorescent light bulbs and rechargeable batteries (from power tools, phones, or any battery from a household item that you can recharge) for free. This excludes car batteries (614)876-5558
Electronics TV's
Ohio E-Waste Recycling (Old TVs) www.ohioewaste.com 614-209-4471 Drop off site: 2050 E. Williams Road Columbus, Ohio 43207 Accepts all electronics...computers, CRT monitors, televisions, microwaves, flat panel displays, printers, phone systems, phones, cell phones, copiers, keyboards, mice, media storage devices, circuit boards, cables, wiring, sweepers, home entertainment equipment, appliances (both large and small) The only charge for is televisions and computer monitors, the charge is based on size ($10 & up), everything else can be dropped off for free!
Siam Reclaim Technologies, Inc. (Old TVs) 3960 Groves Road Unit B Columbus, OH 43232 614-863-9999 www.siamreclaimtech.com Fees: Computer monitors: NO COST Televisions: $0.35 per inch Computer components: NO COST All other E-Waste: NO COST Ohio Computer Recycling (Old TVs) 980 C Claycraft Rd. Gahanna, Oh 43230 Call 614-856-0523 (9 Free drop off locations) We take all Computer and Electronic equipment There is a small charge per screen inch for recycling TV's http://www.ohiodropoff.com/
Parity International.org (Old TVs) 4231-H Leap Road Hilliard, Ohio 43026 (888) 604-7064 Non-profit, free, computer and electronics recycling and refurbishing. EPA compliant. $25 for Columbus pick-up. $10 for US Department of Defense data security erasure per hard drive. Public drop-off hours Monday through Friday from 8:30am-5:30pm www.ParityInternational.org
Computers EEI (for computer recycling) 1249 Essex Avenue (closed on holidays) Winter: November-March Summer: April-October Wednesdays 2pm-6pm Wednesdays 2pm-7pm Thursdays 9am-4pm Thursdays 9am-5pm Business dropoffs will be by appointment only. 614.294.1300 There is no charge for residential. There will be a charge for business drop offs and the price is determined by weight.
Ohio Computer Recycling: Call 614-856-0523 for drop off locations. www.ohiodropoff.com
Free Geek Computer Recycling. This organization donates old computers to individuals of limited resources.
The UA "Composting/Mulch" facility (Bill Holbrook Regional Composting Facility located at 4120 Roberts Road) -- in addition to recycling computers and other e-scrap, also accepts old CDs and DVDs. So does Ohio Computer Recycling (which services the UA facility).
To recycle VHS tapes/audio tapes, here are some resources:
Ecodisk Professional Services
www.ecodisk.com
800-797-SOFT
VCR Tapes/CD recycling and information destruction service. Fee charged.
Eco Media
800-959-5156 ext.8882
Recycling and information destruction service for all audio and video media. Fee charged.
Endeav-Tech
endeavtech.netfirms.com
912 Grantland Avenue
Murfreesboro, TN 37129
Recycled CDs and DVDs, no fee, but all shipments must be prepaid by sender.
http://www.greendisk.com
All forms of electronic media and their cases: diskettes, zip disks, CDs, CD-Rs, CD-RWs, DVDs et al, video tape (i.e. VHS), audio tape, game cartridges, DAT, DLT, Beta or Digibeta, and virtually all other type of computer tapes.
Simply put your technotrash into a box, estimate the weight of your box, order the Pack-IT Service (http://www.greendisk.com/gdsite/pack-ITservices.aspx), print out the shipping label, and send the box off to GreenDisk … using your preferred shipper at your convenience. All content on media is destroyed and all of the physical materials are disposed of in an environmentally responsible manner. The price is $6.95 for up to 20 lbs. and $.30 per additional pound.
Smoke Detectors, Proper Disposal
Detectors have a limited life span, usually specified at ten years. Testing your detector with actual smoke is the only way to be sure it will work when needed. The vast majority of smoke detectors are made by First Alert Corporation. Send old detectors to First Alert, Radioactive Waste Disposal, 780 McClure Rd, Aurora, IL 60504-2495, 1-800-323-9005. Others are made by a Canadian firm called American Sensors, dial 1-800-387-4219 for information. The companies sell detectors under many different brand names, and can dispose of any of them. Send detectors by surface mail or UPS Ground so they don't end up in an airplane.
Recycling More Obscure Materials
Simple instructions are given on recycling or reusing bicycles, computer floppy discs, computers, cellular telephones, eyeglasses, smoke detectors, styrofoam packing, compact discs, cameras, holiday cards, batteries, lightbulbs, household goods, sneakers and synthetic carpets.