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Electronics Recycling: Keep Toxins Out & Salmon Safe

$15 suggested donation for large or heavy items, including TVs, monitors, boxes of assorted electronics, and anything over 15 pounds.

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You’re Keeping Alaska Waters Clean—One Device at a Time. Thank you!

We ask for a $15 (per item) donation for computer monitors, LCD TVs, and CRT TVs to help us offset the cost of recycling. But if you cannot afford this small fee, don't worry! We would rather take the monitor and pay for it ourselves so it doesn't end up at a landfill polluting our environment.
For companies, non-profits, and government organizations, we ask for donations depending on the load size. Please reach out in advance to schedule a drop-off time.

For 21 years, Cook Inletkeeper and its partners have hosted electronics recycling (e-cycling) events around the Kenai Peninsula. As this year’s events fast approach, it’s important to understand the many advantages of recycling electronic waste.

Electronic waste includes products that have become unwanted, non-working, or obsolete. Electronic waste often contains toxic substances such as lead, mercury, cadmium, chromium, and other heavy metals, hazardous to the environment and humans. If these metals are not recycled or properly processed (e.g. dumped at local landfill), toxic chemicals can pollute water supplies and endanger local communities, livestock, and wildlife that live nearby.

E-cycling prevents toxic substances from entering the environment and keeps our communities safe. Additionally, recycling electronics supplies a growing market for recycling firms and green jobs. Essentially, e-cycling is one of the many small things we can do to make our communities, economy, and environment more sustainable.

The Homer event will occur on Saturday, May 2nd, at Spenard Builders Supply. The Soldotna event will also take place on Saturday, May 2nd, at the Central Peninsula Landfill. The electronic event in Seward will take place on May 9th at the Seward Transfer Site.

To learn more about electronic recycling requirements and sites near you, please email recycle@inletkeeper.org or call 907-235-4068 x22.