Electronics now require special pick-up

Published 4:26 pm Tuesday, August 9, 2011

A new law that took effect in North Carolina on July 1 bans electronics such as computers and televisions from landfills.

The Polk County Transfer Station has been collecting electronics separately for about a year for a recycling vendor to pick-up, but the

Town of Tryon is now asking residents to call town hall for a special pick-up for such devices due to the new law.

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The ban includes electronic devices such as televisions, computers, monitors, printers, scanners, keyboards and mice.

The N.C. General Assembly approved the ban to help divert usable materials to North Carolina’s growing electronic recycling industry.

Electronics banned range from VCRs and fax machines to computer items, cell phones and MP3 players, calculators and game systems.