Web Innovations and Technology Services (WITS), a not-for-profit organization, has opened up a convenient monthly drop-off location for all their electronics.

The e-cycling collection site is located at 17891 North Outer 40, at the Chesterfield Valley Athletic Complex on the Chesterfield Parks & Recreation Building parking lot.  Items can be dropped off from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. every fourth Saturday of the month from January to November.

Monitors/screens/laptops and appliances larger than a microwave are $5 to recycle.  TV's are $10 for up to 24 inches, $15 for 24 to 40 inches and $20 for console and big-screen units.

A list of accepted items includes:

Absolutely no paints, tires, chemicals/hazardous or wood products will be accepted.

Businesses and residents also may request low-cost pickup services.  All donations, fees and costs are tax-deductible.

For more information, or to schedule a pickup, email rdavis@witsinc.org, call 314-382-1650, or visit witsinc.org.

Click here to a new link called e-cycle St. Louis for locations of drop-off areas for your outdated electronics

WITS St. Louis Administrative Offices:
647 E Holly Saint Louis Mo 63147

WITS St. Louis Drop-Off Recycling Center:

Open Monday thru Friday 8am to 5pm and Saturday 9am to 4pm
643 E Holly Saint Louis Mo 64147

Directions-----------------------
Take 70W to N Broadway exit and make a left at light. Make immediate Right on POPE(by Mobil station) go 2 blocks to Prescott and make a right. Go 2-3 blocks to Holly and make a left. Look for the concrete building and pull up to Door with signs.

From 70E take the Ofallon Park Exit(243?) make a left at the top and cross over the highway. At N Broadway make a right. Go through the light(unless its red, then stop and wait) and make a left onto Clarence. Go 2 blocks make a right onto Prescott. Holly is next street on left. Follow down midway and look for signs on building

Check out their website for Collection Events for 2008.  www.witsinc.org

 

Recycling Electronics Doesn't Have to Be Difficult

 

By Art Holliday   -  KSDK TV

It's called e-waste or electronic waste. Every year there are tons of discarded computers, printers, scanners, fax machines, keyboards, and cellphones. The new models that seem to go on sale every day means more e-waste, especially when it comes to televisions .

In 2009, when analog signals go away for good, replaced by digital signals, many people are expected to replace old televisions with newer models. Environmental advocates say don't throw your old tv's in the trash; recycle them.

DCAL Services is an electronics recycling center located in Webster Groves. Its warehouse is full of e-waste, including an estimated 40,000 pounds of televisions per month, brought there for proper disposal.

"We've seen a 10 to 15% increase every year on televisions and the monitors," says DCAL owner Darrel Schmidt, "and we expect to see a 20 to 30%increase in 2008, 2009, and going forward."

It takes under 10 minutes to disassemble television. After disassembly, tv's are separated into plastic, metals, and glass.

Circuit boards are ground up into electronic hash. All those products will be sent to smelters for proper disposal or recycling into new products.

"For future generations," says Schmidt, "our water system, our air is being polluted and we need to properly dispose of electronics. In the glass you have lead, cadmium, mercury, that if it's in a landfill it basically leaches into our water system and pollutes it. You have high metal contents in your circuit boards that need to be disposed of properly."

Not all recyclers accept all electronic devices, so make sure your recycler will take your particular device. There is a cost for recycling some items. To learn more about recycling e-waste and find your nearest recycling center, go to the link below.

 

Related Link:  Recycling centers for electronic waste