Electronics Recycling
Why Recycle Electronics?
- To Conserve Natural Resources
- To Reduce Air Pollution
- To Prevent chemicals from leaching into water or soil
Before Recycling Your Used Electronics:
- Delete all personal information.
- Remove all batteries from your electronics.
- Batteries may need to be recycled separately.
- Lithium-ion batteries and devices with these batteries: NEVER place in residential trash or recycling carts.
Where to Recycle?
State Law: House Bill 2714 was signed into law and went into effect on September 1, 2008. The law requires manufacturers to provide Texas household consumers with free and reasonably convenient collection, reuse and recycling opportunities for devices listed below. For more information, please visit TexasRecyclesComputers.org or TexasRecyclesTVs.org.
Desktop and laptop computersMonitors (display devices without a tuner)
Keyboard and mouse made by the same manufacturer
- Fort Bend County Recycling Center Visit the Fort Bend County Recycling Center website for more information.
- Earth 911 (For Additional Local Options): www.earth911.com
E-Waste
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TV’s
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VCRs
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Stereos
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Computers
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Monitors
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Printers
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Keyboards
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Scanners
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Cell Phones
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Digital Cameras
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PDAs
For more information on recycling e-waste, please visit www.epa.gov.
