Holiday Recycling Services

It’s official…the holiday season has begun! While this brings about packed schedules and stressful shopping experiences, it’s also a time for family. One way people often show their love during the holiday season is through giving family and friends holiday gifts. From stocking stuffers to new clothes, one thing often stands out among the rest. After Black Friday deals around Thanksgiving, you may have seen images of big box stores flooded with people. What are those popular items that are frantically brought to save for a holiday gift? Electronics.  

Out with the old…in with the new. A new television, that is!

An updated television can bring about excitement. Whether you gift a television to a loved one or you receive it yourself, it’s a new way to view your favorite Netflix binge or watch the latest movies. With a better screen, better color, and better sound, you may find it’s not hard at all to get rid of that old television set. Before you toss it out on the curb or think about taking it to the dump, consider another option…recycling them with us! Here’s the thing…recycling is the right thing to do. While, yes, it may seem easier to just dump the television onto the curb, recycling is a way to not only protect the environment from harmful chemicals, but also to properly recycle the bits and pieces that make it work. You can find more information about our television recycling services here. Our fee for recycling televisions is $20. You can feel good knowing that you’re doing the right thing while making room for the new television in your life.

Recycling old computers and laptops.

Another popular item on gift lists each year is a computer. Laptops and monitors are also on this list, and an updated way to browse the web can leave you ready to toss your old computer or laptop in the trash. Bringing your old computer, laptop, or monitor to us ensures that it can be safely and properly recycled. We even have state of the art technology to completely discard hard drives and other personal and private information carriers. This ensures that your private information cannot be stolen after you dispose of your computers and laptops. Computers and laptops are full of plastics and metals that could be recycled and reused. Recycling an electronic is not an easy task, which is why its essential you leave it to the experts. At our low price of $10 for computers and laptops and $20 for monitors, it’s both affordable and the responsible thing to do.

Recycling the boxes the gifts came in.

With all of the new electronic gifts received, you may find yourself with piles of empty boxes and Styrofoam. At Gold Circuit E-Cycling, we offer FREE recycling of all cardboard. Bring in all of your boxes as you bring in your old electronics to recycle. You’ll be able to handle it all and clear the space in your house in one trip. We offer free Styrofoam recycling to residential customers with some exceptions that you can read about here. Please note that we don’t accept colored foam or packing peanuts.

Helping the environment for the holidays.

Not only will recycling your old electronics make room for the new ones, but it will also help you do your part in keeping our environment a clean place. You’ll play your role in keeping harmful chemicals out of the soil and allow us the opportunity to recycle the parts of your old electronics that can be reused. If you have any questions, feel free to give us a call at 888-283-0007. We’ll be ready and waiting to help you make room for new electronics this holiday season!

Keep Your Cool: Recycling Air Conditioners and Dehumidifiers

With the holidays approaching and the air getting cooler, it’s that time of year again. While, yes, it’s the time of year for hot chocolate and sledding, we mean something different here at Gold Circuit E-Cycling. At this time of year, we get an influx of old air conditioners and dehumidifiers. Because of the changing seasons, clients are taking window units out or replacing old systems. We want to make sure that all of our clients are informed about the importance of responsibly recycling these units. They contain refrigerant, which can have harmful effects on more than we might think.

 What We Accept

At Gold Circuit E-cycling, we accept any and all air conditioner and dehumidifier units. While these items normally have a price of $20 to recycle, we have recently lowered it to $10 to ensure that they are responsibly disposed of. All you need to do is bring them in to us, and we’ll do the rest of the work. What is so important about this?  

Refrigerant Recovery & Recycling

The most important thing to note about recycling these units is that they contain refrigerant. Refrigerant is a substance that is used for refrigeration and R-22 is the most frequently used type of refrigerant found in today’s CFC & HCFC devices. While an essential substance for these units, it also has a global warming potential that is 1,800 times that of carbon dioxide. With newer units, a high-pressure 410a gas is being used more frequently than the R-22, as R-22 can no longer be legally manufactured. What this means is that more of the units containing R-22 are being recycled or disposed of as people upgrade to newer units.

The Process

When we receive a unit to be recycled, we must first recover the refrigerant. We dismantle the unit for disposal and are required by law to take out the refrigerant and dispose of it separately. We move the refrigerant into a separate container and then decide the best route for its use. If the recycled refrigerant can be stripped of any impurities and meets purity standards, it can possibly be recycled and used with other pieces of equipment. Once the unit has been dismantled, plastic and metal parts are sorted and either recycled or disposed of.  

Importance of Recycling 

Since the R-22 gas is no longer legally made, the demand for it may rise, giving the opportunity to responsibly recycle this refrigerant for other uses. Our trained professionals make this decision on a case-by-case basis. Responsibly recycling these units is especially important for our environment.  R-22, if not properly used or disposed of, can affect the O-Zone layer, causing harmful effects on our environment. Refrigerant is not a substance we want sitting out at a landfill or seeping into the ground. They can also release harmful greenhouse gases with their global warming potential as stated earlier in the post.

We do our best to make it as easy on you as possible to drop off your units that need to be recycled. If we all do our part, we can protect the environment and the world around us each day. One small way to do that is through responsible recycling. If you have questions, don’t hesitate to get in contact with us. We’d love to share more information with you and answer any questions you may have.

We’d also like to remind you that we are now offering a HALF off deal on our air conditioner and dehumidifier units to make it even easier to recycle these units before the impending holiday season. This is a deal you’ll want to take advantage of!

You can reach out to us via phone (call or text) at 1-888-283-0007. We’re here to help you navigate the world of e-cycling.

An Introduction to Electronics Recycling: Televisions

You know you can recycle cans, glass, and paper. How about other recyclable items? At Gold Circuit E-Cycling, we handle those “other” items. We handle the items that you may not know what to do with, or that you may not know are recyclable. Take electronics for example. Electronics recycling helps conserve resources and natural materials to help the environment. How many people are guilty of leaving an old sofa by the dumpster, or maybe an old microwave out by your trash in hopes someone will take it or it will get tossed? When electronics are left in landfills, their electronic waste can deposit harmful toxins into the ground below. We want to avoid that, which is why we care so much about what we do. We’re here on the blog to share some practical explanations on the importance of recycling items like these properly, and how we make it easy for you by handling the entire process.

The Price You Pay

Today, we’re going to focus on recycling old televisions, or TVs. You may have gotten a new TV and aren’t sure what to do with your old one. You may still have an old rear-projection TV taking up room in your garage or your basement storage. The responsible thing to do with these is to recycle them rather than just taking to the city dump. However, it would be impossible to recycle a TV on your own without the necessary equipment and tools to do so carefully and properly.

That’s where we come in. While our services are not free, we offer a low cost of $20 per TV (which is the price for the majority of the items we offer). Many city landfills charge per carload anyways, and the positive about recycling these items is that it’s the right thing to do for our environment.

Why do we Charge?

When it comes to properly recycling electronics, there are many moving parts. Literally and figuratively! Our facility, located at 2 Second Street in Palmer, Massachusetts, has all the necessary equipment needed to break down, separate, and then sort the recyclable materials and safely dispose of others. Our business was created to responsibly and properly recycle the items you may not know how to. We have business operation costs including salaries, machines, and insurance. The list goes on and on. The end markets dictate what our charges need to be, and the markets have yet to improve over the last 5 years. We do what we can to keep recycling convenient AND affordable for you. We are in the position to accept materials like TVs from the public and handle everything that comes after. While it does have a fee, we believe that it’s important that we all do our part to responsibly dispose of our materials.

TV Recycling

The TV is made up of many small parts that you may not know about. The older the TV is, it likely contains harmful chemicals and small parts that should be disposed of properly. You should also consider that TVs have a variety of recyclable materials within them, such as plastic and metal. The TV will be taken apart by our trained professionals, and then separated into various parts. Some of these parts include wood, plastic, metal, and copper. These are types of products that can be reused and recycled into something new! There are many different types of metals within the intricate wiring on a TV, and some of them contain materials that are considered hazardous waste. For the environment and those of us living in it (everyone!), its best to take a TV to a trusted facility like ours to be properly handled. TVs can also contain leaded glass, cadmium, mercury, and other parts that our professionals will be sure are disposed of responsibly and recycled into new materials if possible.

Have questions? Please don’t hesitate to ask. You can reach out to us via phone (call or text) at 1-888-283-0007. We’re here to help you navigate the world of e-cycling. You can find our website to learn more here. We are an environmentally conscious materials recycling company, and we’re here for you.

Until next time!