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Electronics Recycling Event
Saturday, May 30 • 9am-1pm
Somerville: Parking lot next to Dilboy Field
off Route 16/Alewife Brook (Across from Gulf gas station)

 

Free for residents from Somerville, Cambridge, Arlington & Belmont. Click here for a flyer!

Businesses must pre-register by May 27 and will be invoiced for items ($7 per computer monitor / TV and $5 for each additional item. Commercial loads that do not register by May 27, will be turned away. To register, call 603-422-7711 or email tfatcheric@crtprocessing.com.

Please check the lists below to see what is and is not accepted. Stay in your vehicle. Items will be removed for you.

YES

  • Computer Monitors (flat panels OK)
  • Television Sets** (all sizes)
  • Personal Computers
  • Printers / Scanners / Fax machines
  • Calculators
  • Cell phones
  • Electronic Scales
  • Keyboards & Mice
  • Microwaves
  • Radios
  • Stereos
  • Telephones
  • Toasters
  • Vacuums

** Visit www.dtv2009.gov or call 1-888-CALL-FCC for a $40 coupon toward a TV converter box so that you can keep your TV after the digital TV transition on June 12th.

NO

  • No White Goods (ex. Air Conditioners, Dehumidifiers, Refrigerators)
  • No Batteries
  • No Car Parts
  • No Chemicals
  • No Light Bulbs
  • No Hazardous Waste**
  • No Metal Waste
  • No Mercury Items
  • No Tires

** 2009 dates for Cambridge household hazardous waste collections are June 20 and October 3 from 9am-1pm at 450 Concord Avenue.

If you cannot make the event, check to see how Cambridge residents can recycle computers/TVs, cell phones, or other household electronics.

        

 
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