Computer disposal in Des Moines?
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A Tec Recycling in Des Moines will take e waste not sure on what they charge though. Otherwise if you are in Eastern IA, there is Moor Recycling in CR and Midwest Computer brokers in Walford.
I checked with a friend of mine who works for the City of Des Moines so he checked with the public works office and here is what he found out:
- It is OK to put these items in your trash! There is talk of changing that but right now it is still legal to do this.
- Take it to Metro Waste’s special facility in Bondurant for hazardous materials http://www.mwatoday.com/mwa_reg.html.
So hello trash bin, you will be disposing this for me for about the next month depending on how much I can fit in there on a given week!
- It is OK to put these items in your trash! There is talk of changing that but right now it is still legal to do this.
- Take it to Metro Waste’s special facility in Bondurant for hazardous materials http://www.mwatoday.com/mwa_reg.html.
So hello trash bin, you will be disposing this for me for about the next month depending on how much I can fit in there on a given week!
Last time I took a computer to Goodwill, they asked me if it worked and said they didn't want it if it didn't. This was several years ago at the Ames location. Things may have changed since then, or it might depend on the location. If you're going the Goodwill route, I'd call and ask first.
Well hate to break it to the environmentalists here but the past two weeks I have disposed of a tower and monitor in my trash dumpster since the city basically told me too or else they would take it for a fee at the recyling center and I wasn't about to spend over $50 just to rid myself of this crap the "right" way. One more tower to go and that goes in the dumpster for Monday's collection.
I'm one of those environmentalist types. Regrettable you wouldn't ante up the fee to dispose of it properly. But can't say I blame you.
The recycling effort by municipalities in Iowa is somewhat of a joke. I give them credit for doing "something". But alot doesn't makes sense. Limiting how much you can recycle any given week? I get a new appliance or something(s) with a large amount of cardboard, and they only take what I can fit in that little bin. I have a party or something and have large amounts of bottles or cans, they don't take them. I've seen people breakdown and carve up boxes and place what extra they have under the bin, and the collection won't take it. I've had times with extra glass or plastic and put in another box next to the bin - they won't touch it.
So what will most do? Throw them in the much larger garbage bin which ends up in the landfill. So we want to recycle as a city or state, but only a fixed quantity ???
:skeptical:
FYI - I was talking with someone at the fair representing municipality power alliance (something like that) and they mentioned that one place to recycle your flourescent bulbs was Home Depot. I guess there's an amount of mercury in those bulbs. And we all know about that. Supposedly it's free, but I haven't checked with HD.
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City of Des Moines recycling center said they'd take the monitors for $17.50 each, after I heard that did not even ask what a tower would cost. Assuming they are at least $10 each or more. Just stupid, I pay my taxes and public works bills so should be a little more reasonably priced for a service like that but when the guy at the recycling center told me to just throw it in my trash I was shocked to hear that from them! Great people we have working there, they are supposed to be promoting recycling and instead they say "just throw it in the trash and it won't cost you anything." It's just like the bottle deposit law, stores have no problem tacking on that 5 cents a container but it wasn't that long ago some of the stores were trying to do away with taking them back.
That's pretty sad that someone can want to do the right thing, make a good faith effort to find a recycling location, and still find the trash is the best option. Someone somewhere should offer an affordable alternative.
Phoenix E-Waste Solutions LLC
12 South 8th Avenue
Marshalltown, IA 50158
1-877-756-7200
Iowa's New Standard In Electronic Recycling - Phoenix E-Waste Solutions -still under construction
Computer monitors run around $0.20 per LB, but for walk in customers we charge a flat rate of $6 each
CPU's whole or gutted are free, along with printers/copiers and fax machines. Miscellanious equipment is also free.
We will only be at the above location for maybe another 20 days. Our new facility is almost finished out on the corner of Highway 330/30 (Right up the road from Bondurant 20 minutes). We're quickly becoming the choice for large businesses and many schools. Don't get ripped off or take your stuff to the wrong place. The majority of the E-Waste collected in Des Moines ends up in our hands. This year to date we have handled over 1.5 million pounds with our strong months coming up.
Thought I'd pass this along as I came across it the other day browsing the web. You can call anytime, or e-mail me at [email protected]
12 South 8th Avenue
Marshalltown, IA 50158
1-877-756-7200
Iowa's New Standard In Electronic Recycling - Phoenix E-Waste Solutions -still under construction
Computer monitors run around $0.20 per LB, but for walk in customers we charge a flat rate of $6 each
CPU's whole or gutted are free, along with printers/copiers and fax machines. Miscellanious equipment is also free.
We will only be at the above location for maybe another 20 days. Our new facility is almost finished out on the corner of Highway 330/30 (Right up the road from Bondurant 20 minutes). We're quickly becoming the choice for large businesses and many schools. Don't get ripped off or take your stuff to the wrong place. The majority of the E-Waste collected in Des Moines ends up in our hands. This year to date we have handled over 1.5 million pounds with our strong months coming up.
Thought I'd pass this along as I came across it the other day browsing the web. You can call anytime, or e-mail me at [email protected]
This is where I took my stuff a while back.
I'm all for eco-friendly solutions. However, I can't believe that the largest city in Iowa doesn't have a local provider for a reasonable amount. Especially when you can just junk it for free in your garbage can. That's not the "right" thing to do, but since it's the easiest and cheapest - that's what people will do.
That is one major problem with e-cycling in Des Moines. Finding an economical source that will do the right thing with your stuff is very hard. Once our new site is completed, it will be only 45 minutes from Downtown Des Moines, and we are looking to get a weekly route started through Downtown Des Moines and suburbs for picking up E-Waste.
You may find a cheap alternative, but really ask what they do. Some people can blow smoke and turn mirrors but only a few are able to walk you through and are not afraid to let you know what actually happens. Exporting of E-Waste is what the majority of collectors will do. We worked hard to find domestic sources for the commodities that we produce. It is easy to find someone to export this stuff. We will be purusing the Metro Waste Authority bid when it becomes availiable. We are hoping that we can help reduce costs. For them, they have to charge so much right now because they are transporting to Scott County's E-Cycling facility over 2 hours away. Gas isn't cheap.
You may find a cheap alternative, but really ask what they do. Some people can blow smoke and turn mirrors but only a few are able to walk you through and are not afraid to let you know what actually happens. Exporting of E-Waste is what the majority of collectors will do. We worked hard to find domestic sources for the commodities that we produce. It is easy to find someone to export this stuff. We will be purusing the Metro Waste Authority bid when it becomes availiable. We are hoping that we can help reduce costs. For them, they have to charge so much right now because they are transporting to Scott County's E-Cycling facility over 2 hours away. Gas isn't cheap.
Cool, again I wanted to dispose of it the eco-friendly way but I wasn't going to pay a rediculous ammount to some place here in town to do it, especially when the city itself told me it's free to just put it in my dumpster. Des Moines needs to get on the ball on this and start using those tax dollars for something useful like electronics recycling. Their current center does do it but for a price. I know there was even talk not long ago of ditching the curbside recycling service to save money too which would be a shame.
There's your mistake right there. Artisitic is not the official recycling center for Des Moines--especially things like computer equipment. There's a center on the edge of Bondurant, just a mile or so north of the Adventureland exit on I-80, for that type of thing--look in the front of your phone book. I know it's online, too, but I'm too lazy to do your work for you. :wink: It's the same place that takes waste oil and batteries and such.
I'm reasonably sure the MWA would be displeased to find computer rquipment in the landfill.
So what is a person to do with an old TV? Can those go in the trash or do they have to be taken somewhere? I've had one sitting in my garage for two years, collecting dust.
Like I said, MWA is so high because they are simply collecting and trucking hours away. We're up the road. Getting sattelite sites set up are hard to do with the current laws and restrictions, let alone manning those sites. Des Moines is an untapped resource for us electronic recyclers, it is just unlocking the chest that is taking some time. It is best to store that stuff in your attic or up above the garage and wait until you have a trunk full.
Those are supposed to go to the same place I mentioned just above. Check your phone book.
Here is how the majority of recycling operations work/charge
Anything with a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) is charged X Amount per pound or per item(MWA is $0.50 per LB) (MER is $0.25 per LB)(Phoenix is $0.20 per LB)
The charge for these items is to help offset the cost of the glass to glass recycling that occurs once the unit is dismantled. The average computer monitor contains anywhere from 4-6 lbs of Lead. To extract this there are a few different operations, which none of us in the state do. We use outside sources to accomplish this.
Printers and such do not have much recoverable in them for a profit, let alone to cover the manpower, thus we must charge a small fee. PC's and Miscellanious normally have decent commodities inside that can be re-used or sent for shredding/smelting.
From there it is up to you where you go with your stuff. Some people take it more serious than others. We take what we do here in Marshalltown very seriously. Liabilities in our industry are huge right now.
Check out Basel Action Network (BAN) this is why choosing wisely where you take your stuff is so important
Anything with a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) is charged X Amount per pound or per item(MWA is $0.50 per LB) (MER is $0.25 per LB)(Phoenix is $0.20 per LB)
The charge for these items is to help offset the cost of the glass to glass recycling that occurs once the unit is dismantled. The average computer monitor contains anywhere from 4-6 lbs of Lead. To extract this there are a few different operations, which none of us in the state do. We use outside sources to accomplish this.
Printers and such do not have much recoverable in them for a profit, let alone to cover the manpower, thus we must charge a small fee. PC's and Miscellanious normally have decent commodities inside that can be re-used or sent for shredding/smelting.
From there it is up to you where you go with your stuff. Some people take it more serious than others. We take what we do here in Marshalltown very seriously. Liabilities in our industry are huge right now.
Check out Basel Action Network (BAN) this is why choosing wisely where you take your stuff is so important
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