I have a truck load of satellite recievers, radios and other electronic devices that I want rid of. Throwing all this in the landfill doesn’t seem like a good idea; I’ve heard there are evil metals in these devices. Where can I properly dispose of them? Can I get any $$ for them?
Thanks, CedricR.
If they are working, give them to a Goodwill type place. You can then get a tax deduction for the donation.
The satellite stuff is all outdated and the ones that need a card don’t have one.
But, I just picked up my mail and in one of the periodicals I get is a short blurb on a better way to recycle electronics!! How weird is that? 
At www.eiae.org you can do a state search for places to take computers, printers, monitors and other electronics. I printed out a few in my area and I’ll give them a call.
CedricR.
The best you’ll be able to do is find a place that accepts e-waste for free. Abandon any hope of being paid for it.
Goodwill and similar charities will probably refuse your “donation” because they can’t test the stuff, and they don’t want to be saddled with disposing of it. A few months ago, I had a brand-new PC keyboard, still in the box, among the things I dropped off at St. Vincent de Paul, and they immediately chucked the keyboard into a recycle bin. When I asked why they trashed it without even seeing what it was, I was told that they flat out do not sell computer equipment.
Yep, it’s of no value to the average recycler.
All the places I called will actually charge YOU around .50 per pound to accept it.
Luckily, the Durham city waste processing site has a place for dumping of anything electronic for free!
I pay property tax on rental property there so it’s load it up and haul it off.
CedricR.
My ewaste guy is free for monitors and .20 a pound for other stuff. This is mainly due to the CA monitor ewaste taxes on all monitors sold. Alot of these guys also do a little testing and reselling the stuff on ebay and such.
For example: many PC’s that will not turn on are bad PSU’s or bad motherboards. They still often have good CPU’s, RAM, hard drives, cdrom drives,etc in them. Its pretty easy to sell the pieces for $30-$50 used.
About every two months, I take all the obsolete and dead computer equipment from my job and bring it to the country recycling center. We also save up the batteries. Someone else has been recycling the inkjet cartridges.
I am glad others are doing the same. It is generally hard to get cash for old electronics these days. I once sold 30 olds PCs, 25 Terminals & 30 monitors for a several hundred dollars that went into a company party. The Monitors went for $5 to $10 and the PC were $10 to $25. The Terminals went for $25 a pop. It was fun, the party was fun, but it was too much work. The terminals and remaining PC stuff were picked up by a company that specialized in reselling this equipment. They only come out for large hauls and this was years ago.
Jim