“Hard to Recycle” Collection Event

MATERIALS COLLECTED AT NO COST:

CPU (towers) / Laptops / Mice /
Keyboards / Home phones / Cell Phones /Tablets /
PDAs / UPS/Servers / Router / Modems /
Web and Digital Cameras / DVD Players / VCRs
Paper Shredders / Clock Radios / Stereos
Microwaves / Copiers/ Fax Machines /
Scanners Zip Drive/ Electronic Cables /
Video Game Consoles /
Expanded Polystyrene Packaging Material/
(CFL) Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs

MATERIALS COLLECTED FOR A FEE:

All Computer Monitors (flat screen & CRT) – $20 each
Televisions – $30 each
Console or Rear Projection TVs – $40 each
Printers – $5 each
Large Stereo Speakers $10 each
Alkaline Batteries $1 per pound
Small Freon Containing Appliances (window acunits, dehumidifiers) $10 each
CDs, DVDs, VHS TAPES & FLOPPY DISKS $1 per pound
Tires (car/truck) $3.50 without rims $8 with rims
Hard Drive Data Destruction Verification -1 Drive $11.50 each
Hard Drive Data Destruction Verification -each additional drive after 1st $3 each

Lighting

Fluorescent Tubes $2 per 4ft $3.50 per 8ft
U” and Circle Lamps $2.75 each
Neon Lighting $9 per lb
Incandescent $0.75 each
Halogens $1 each
Projector Lamps $12 each

The Pennsylvania Resources Council (PRC) partners with local companies to ensure responsible and proper disposal of all materials collected at its events. PRC’s electronic recycler eLoop LLC, a local company based in Plum Borough, is a Basel Action Network e-steward.  As a certified e-steward, eLoop adheres to the highest industry standard for recycling responsibility which ensures no disposal in landfills or incinerators, no prison labor, nor any export of toxics to poor communities. PRC’s other Hard to Recycle partners include;

• Allegheny County Health Department
• NOVA Chemicals
• Appliance Warehouse
• Liberty Tire
• GreenDisk