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How to dispose of old TV's?

slumlord44slumlord44 Member Posts: 3,702 ✭✭✭
edited August 2017 in General Discussion
Got two a tennant left. One large one slightly smaller. No one will take them without having to pay a large disposal fee. Any suggestions?
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  • 204targetman204targetman Member Posts: 3,493
    edited November -1
    my dad puts stuff at the end of the driveway with a free sign on it. amazing the junk he has gotten rid of. i had an old chair that was absolutely nasty. been in the garage a long time. somebody snatched it up
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  • spasmcreekspasmcreek Member Posts: 37,717 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    at the curb with a FREE sign
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  • nmyersnmyers Member Posts: 16,892 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Many local landfills accept them; they eventually go to China in a shipping container. Desperate peasants take the TV's apart to recover the valuable trace metals, even though fumes make them sick.

    Neal
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  • Old-ColtsOld-Colts Member Posts: 22,697 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Best Buy will accept old TV's without a charge and recycle them, but they do have screen size limits.quote:Originally posted by Lago
    Best Buy only takes them now with a $25 charge.

    lagoOops, it has been a while since I took one to Best Buy.

    If you can't feel the music; it's only pink noise!

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  • gjshawgjshaw Member Posts: 14,770 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Take the disposal fee out of their security deposit money. If you have already returned their deposit then they are all yours to do as you want.
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  • Sam06Sam06 Member Posts: 21,244 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    We take them to the landfill.

    They really send them off to be "mined" overseas. They do a lot of that in West Africa.
    RLTW

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  • EVILDR235EVILDR235 Member Posts: 4,398 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Go to a store that sells TV's. Get a empty box and put your used TV in it and then put it in your pickup and park it in a Wal-Mart parking and go inside and shop or have lunch for about a hour. When you come out, it will be gone. Be aware, you might come out of the store and find the TV still there and the box will be gone. Go behind the store and you might find your old high school buddy sleeping in it.

    XXXXXX
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  • Horse Plains DrifterHorse Plains Drifter Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 40,234 ***** Forums Admin
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by nmyers
    Many local landfills accept them; they eventually go to China in a shipping container. Desperate peasants take the TV's apart to recover the valuable trace metals, even though fumes make them sick.

    Neal
    Yep, here the local dump has an area where you can dump electronics for free.
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  • MIKE WISKEYMIKE WISKEY Member Posts: 10,046 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    tannerite works for me [:D], large tv about 2 lbs., small one 1 lb.
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  • LagoLago Member Posts: 464 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Best Buy only takes them now with a $25 charge.

    lago
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  • ltcdotyltcdoty Member Posts: 4,184 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Gift wrapped them and leave them in your car on any street in a major city.
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  • cbxjeffcbxjeff Member Posts: 17,637 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have been putting stuff for years at the end of my drive. They ever last more that 2 days.
    It's too late for me, save yourself.
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  • fordsixfordsix Member Posts: 8,554 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    best buy charges to take tvs[:(!]
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  • grumpygygrumpygy Member Posts: 48,464 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Oregon You have special stores that Accept them some you pay a fee at. No Landfill will take them or any other electronic gear.
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  • montanajoemontanajoe Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 60,235 ******
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by spasmcreek
    at the curb with a FREE sign
    +1,,
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  • wiplashwiplash Member Posts: 7,145 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by EVILDR235
    Go to a store that sells TV's. Get a empty box and put your used TV in it and then put it in your pickup and park it in a Wal-Mart parking and go inside and shop or have lunch for about a hour. When you come out, it will be gone. Be aware, you might come out of the store and find the TV still there and the box will be gone. Go behind the store and you might find your old high school buddy sleeping in it.

    XXXXXX


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  • Ditch-RunnerDitch-Runner Member Posts: 25,373 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    drive thru any city you find a area full of trash both people and waste just toss out on the curb no will will notice a few TV's [:D]
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  • Wild TurkeyWild Turkey Member Posts: 2,425 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Had an big old tube TV to get rid of. Recycled the circuit boards, then pulled the tube out of the cabinet.

    Set the tube in the garbage container (it barely fit) and busted the cabinet up and stacked it beside the container.

    Both were hauled off.[:D]
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  • select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,527 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Leave it in the back of the truck and go to walmart. Someone will steal it in no time.. works for me.
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  • 320090T320090T Member Posts: 2,715 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Nobody wants them for "Free" so put a "For Sale" sign on it and someone will steal it.
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  • spasmcreekspasmcreek Member Posts: 37,717 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    wifes DIL in town struggled to get a big old chair out by the curb...minutes later a mex knocks at the door and asks about it...she said he could have it and to come back after her husband got off work that they had more furniture to get out of the basement as they had bought new....mex leaves and 15 minutes later was back with 2 buddies and they hauled all to the old stuff up and out and left with thanks...easy fix
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  • guns-n-painthorsesguns-n-painthorses Member Posts: 6,462 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Just pay the charge and get out from under all the future problems that may arise.
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  • yoshmysteryoshmyster Member Posts: 22,059 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If it's one of those big * projection type they have cool magnifying lenses inside. Also I think the screen can be used to start fires.

    Dumps around here take "electronic wastes" for free.
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  • mjrfd99mjrfd99 Member Posts: 4,553 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by yoshmyster
    If it's one of those big * projection type they have cool magnifying lenses inside. Also I think the screen can be used to start fires.

    Dumps around here take "electronic wastes" for free.

    I've saved 2 lenses for the coming CW
    http://tek-think.com/2014/11/01/turning-old-discarded-projection-tv-solar-thermal-fresnel-lens/
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  • bullshotbullshot Member Posts: 14,721 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Find a recycle outfit, you can drop them off there.
    "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you"
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  • Cornflk1Cornflk1 Member Posts: 3,715 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
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  • casper1947casper1947 Member Posts: 1,147 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Do they work?
    If they do you might check with local churches.
    There will be a need for working electronics, even old stuff, along the Texas coast.
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