Electronics Recycling Collection Schedule and Fees

RECYCLING EVENT

ELECTRONICS COLLECTION

The next electronics collection event will be Saturday, June 6, 2009 at the Allegany County Government Office Complex, 701 Kelly Road – Rear Parking Lot, Cumberland, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. All may participate – residents, businesses, institutions, commercial/industrial operations, etc.

Allegany County Government encourages residents of Allegany County to take advantage of this recycling event. Institutional, Commercial and Industrial must pre-register at least 48 hours in advance of the event with Allegany County Department of Public Works - Recycling 301-777-5933 X-210 and will be charged the same fee per pound ($0.26) the County is assessed by the vendor.  These agencies must supply manpower to handle and unload electronics.  Pallets must be shrink-wrapped, no larger than 42” x 48” and weigh at least 800 lbs each.  One partial pallet is acceptable.

Residential Recyclers Pay Per Item

FREE: telephones, cell phones, pagers, and selected computer components (keyboard, mouse, speaker, wiring), cameras, calculators, compact disc players, uninterruptible power supplies/surge protectors

$1.00: VCRs, tape players, camcorders, radios, answering machines, electric typewriters, word processors, transparency makers

$2.00: computer monitors, CPUs, laptop/notebook computers, copiers/printers (table top models), fax machines, scanners, adding machines, stereo electronics (no wooden speakers)

$3.00: complete computer systems (CPU, monitor, keyboard, mouse, speaker)

$5.00:  televisions smaller than 32 inches diagonal, microwave ovens

$10.00: televisions 32 or more inches diagonal, all console televisions

$15.00: mainframe computers/servers, photocopiers (floor models).