Electronics, bulbs and batteries can be harmful to the environment and should never be placed in your curbside recycling or trash. Earth Day (April 22) is a great time to recycle your old fluorescent bulbs, spent batteries, or even monitors, computers, cell phones, or other electronics that no longer work.
Deciding to recycle these items is the first step. You also want to make sure you recycle the right items correctly. Check out the lists below to learn more about what types of electronics, bulbs and batteries you can recycle on Earth Day and every day!
Electronics you can recycle:
- Cell phones & telephones
- Cords
- Desktop computers
- Drives, CD rom, computer disks
- Hard drives
- Laptop computers
- Monitors
- Office phone & local area network communication devices
- Personal digital assistants
- Power tools
- Printers, scanners & fax machines
- Routers
- Servers
- Small appliances
- Tablets
- TVs (CRT, LCD, plasma, rear-projection)
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Batteries and Bulbs you can typically recycle:
- Dry-cell batteries
- Alkaline sealed cells
- Nickle Metal Hydride
- Nickle Cadmium
- Mercury Oxide
- Compact fluorescent
- Incandescent bulbs
- Plastic light-emitting diodes
- 2-pin bulbs
- 4-pin bulbs
- Ballasts
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* Lithium batteries must be separated from all other battery types. Always dispose of lithium batteries at hazardous waste collection locations or with designated retailers. Visit RepublicServices.com/LithiumBatteries for more information about safely disposing of lithium batteries.
Thank you for doing your part to protect the environment!
