ELECTRONICS RECYCLING PROGRAM   

Why recycle electronics?

Fees for electronics recycling apply only to businesses and nonprofits with 11 or more employee, with one exception:A fee of $35 will apply to anybody with a floor standing copier or similar sized item due to the extra labor required to handle it.  For other options in Lane County, Click here.  

Where do the electronics go?

 

Begining January 1, 2010, it is against state law to dispose of  TVs,      computers, monitors and laptops in the garbage.             This Oregon Law, created by the 2007 Lesgislature with the passage of HB2626, requires manufacturers to fund free recycling of those electronics that can damage human health and the environment when disposed in landfills.   Click here for more information  on the State E-Cycles Law, as well as other free recycling options in Lane County.

Lane County participates in the state-wide collection program for E-Cycles, offering FREE recycling at five Lane County's transfer sites. Anybody with 7 items or fewer can take them to 

Glenwood

Cottage Grove

Veneta

Florence

Vida

Computers, Monitors, Laptops and  TVs are banned from the landfill and are recyclable for free at the above locations.  Other electronics such as VCRs, DVD players, video game units, phone related equipment, printers and other computer related equipment, are not banned from landfills, but are included in our collection program as a service to our citizens.

Anybody with 8 or more units will need to either come in with 7 or less at a time, or make an appointment by calling 682-3111. 

Businesses and large nonprofits with 11 or more employees will be charged. click here: fees for electronics recycling. A fee of $35 will apply to anybody bringing in a floor standing copier or similar sized item due to the extra labor required to handle it.  Other E-Cycles collectors may not have the same fees, Click here for other options in Lane County.

For Disposal Appointments:  Please make sure you give an accurate inventory of the items you will be bringing in when you make the appointment, so collection technicians will be ready to receive your materials.

Businesses with 12 or more monitors/TVs, or more than 20 cpu's (towers) must bring them pre-palletized and shrink wrapped or they must come with personnel to assist in the unloading. These customers must provide an accurate count of the materials that they bring us when they make the appointment.

After you make the appointment, drop off your materials at the appointed time at the Household Hazardous Waste Facility at the Glenwood Central Receiving Station . Once inside the gate turn left as signs direct.

 

 

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