Best Buy believes that everyone has a part in completing the recycling loop - that’s why the Company has come up with a simple, fun and convenient program for recycling electronics that protects the environment while raising awareness of recycling options. Our consumers deserve easy and environmentally safe ways to recycle unwanted electronic products.
This year more than 40 million televisions and computer monitors will become obsolete in the U.S. Computers and televisions can contain materials such as lead and mercury that can be harmful to the environment if simply thrown in the trash. With 4 to 7 pounds of lead used to make an average picture tube, a few discarded TV sets can be as hazardous as a typical car battery. People want to get rid of electronics while remaining responsible, but often are unsure about what to do or where to go.
Working together, Best Buy, our consumers, manufacturers and governments can make sure old computer monitors, televisions and other electronic products are recycled to make new products rather than just tossed in the garbage. Our plans for 2003 are to hold electronics recycling events at several locations across the U.S.
Best Buy Electronics Recycling in 2003