Upper Green Side

Upper East Side Electronics Recycling

We all love our electronics — in turns they make our lives easier, more enjoyable, and enhance our abilities. But they’re chock full of lead and other heavy metals, and as the fastest growing portion of our waste stream, it’s often very hard to figure out what to do with them when their lives are over.

That’s why the Carnegie Hill/Yorkville CSA, in conjunction with the Church of the Heavenly Rest and Lower East Side Ecology Center, will be hosting an electronics recycling event on Tuesday, September 19th at The Church of Heavenly Rest on 5th Avenue and 90th Street. Bring your outdated toys and dispose of them responsibly — acceptable electronic equipment includes computers, fax machines, TVs, stereos, cell phones and more.

For more information, see the Carnegie Hill/Yorkville CSA and Lower East Side Ecology Center websites.

UPDATE: Of course, if your electronics are still in working order and you just don’t want them anymore, let someone else get some use out of them. You can try selling them online, or passing them on to people in your community with Freecycle, an innovative project that harnesses the power of e-mail to connect people with things they want to throw away with others who can use those things. The New York City Freecycle group is very large and active.