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Electronic-Recycling Event Information

 

Wednesday, June 24, 2009
7 a.m. – 6 p.m.
• Corner of 7th & Market Street (The Gateway One Building)
• 1300 Market Street, St. Louis, MO 63102

Downtown St. Louis is taking a step towards reducing our city’s carbon footprint by hosting our first-ever electronics-recycling event — Downtown Unplugged.

On Wednesday, June 24th from 7 a.m. – 6 p.m., Partnership for Downtown St. Louis, EVS Realty Advisors, Paradowski Creative and others invite you to bring all unused or unwanted electronics to one of two locations: The Gateway One Building, on the corner of 7th and Market or 1300 Market Street.

Find Your Drop Off Location

If you’re not familiar with electronic recycling or e-cycling, it is the fastest growing type of re-usable “scrap” in the United States. In fact, in the state of Missouri, it’s illegal for businesses to throw away television sets or computer monitors. This is because of toxins such as lead and mercury that can leak out of landfill space and into the St. Louis ecosystem, directly harming wildlife and contaminating ground water.

Accepted Items and Costs

While most items are free, televisions and computer monitors/laptops can be recycled for a small fee.

Free Items

• CPUs/towers, printers, cables and peripherals (keyboards and mice, etc.)
• Phones, cell phones, pagers, digital cameras
• Stereos and like audio and video equipment including cable/satellite
• VCRs, home electronics, blenders, toasters, irons, clocks, etc.
• Office equipment, business equipment and machinery including most furniture
• and operations equipment
• Networking equipment, server(s), telecommunications
• Medical Equipment and all types diagnostic equipment
• Electrical, cabling, and communication machinery and equipment
• Industrial machinery and equipment including power and gas equipment.
• Lawn Equipment, tools, old mowers, tillers, etc.
• Old motors, transformers, and other electrical equipment
• Car and lead-containing batteries and items
• CDs, VHS, DVDs, cassettes, DAT, and all types of data tapes

Pay Items (Pay by cash, credit/debit cards, or checks made payable to WITS)

• Computer monitors, laptops ($5 fee)
• TVs ($15 fee) Typically, prices range depending on size of TV, but this flat rate is exclusive for this event only.
• Washers, dryers, dishwashers, furnaces, etc. ($5 fee)
• Air conditioners, refrigerators, humidifiers and other freon-containing devices ($5 fee)