Join us at the third of four public information sessions to learn about a potential change in the Pinellas County Department of Solid Waste’s (DSW) Household Electronics and Chemical Collection (HEC3) program.
The HEC3 collects certain household electronics, like televisions, CPUs, laptops, tablets, cell phones, and items with rechargeable batteries that cannot be removed, and sends them to a private recycler. The change: the items will be collected but will not be sent to a private recycler. The reason: the majority of household electronics consist of hard plastic casings, which are more likely to be sent from a private recycler to a landfill. The primary recyclable material in household electronics are metals, which the DSW can recover at our Waste-to-Energy Facility and then recycle the metals.
Learn about this program change and the options for recycling and disposal of household electronics at this Public Information Session.
Visit our website for more information https://www.pinellascounty.org/solidwaste/hec3/changes.htm
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