Suggested items for recycling include computers, monitors, other computer hardware including cables, office/business equipment and machinery, telecommunications equipment including phones and clocks, televisions, VCR’s, stereos, cameras, other audio/video equipment, data storage devices including CD’s, VHS tapes and computer software, home electronics, blenders, toasters, irons, washing machines and dryers, dishwashers, furnaces, hot water heaters, home medical equipment, industrial machinery, lawn mowers, tillers, tools, air conditioners, refrigerators, humidifiers, old motors, transformers, electrical equipment, power supplies, and car batteries.
Unacceptable items for recycling include tires, wood furniture, other wood products, paint and paint cans, and household and industrial chemicals
There are suggested drop-off donations ($5 each) for computer monitors and laptops and televisions. Large appliances and all freon-containing devices there is a $5 required fee. Everything else may be dropped-off free of charge. As WITS is a not-for-profit, community agency in the greater St. Louis region, all donations of reusable items are tax-deductible and will be refurbished when possible and given to one of our programs such as Kids for Kancer, Free Computer Program or Veteran Technology.
For more information,
WITS website (http://www.witsinc.org/)
or call WITS at 314-382-1650
Added by CarolSue52 on April 19, 2011