Those products contain valuable, and most often toxic, materials and should never be put in the regular garbage. Materials and components can be reused and should be recycled when reusing is not an option.
Our Commitment
Recycle Brevard is committed to reducing landfill waste and building a more sustainable community. As part of that commitment, we offer FREE recycling for SMALL electronics, appliances, and pieces of metal.
Items we ACCEPT include:
- desktop computers, laptops, cell phones, tablets, UPS battery backup
- DVD/VCR players, radios, remote controls
- coffee machines, microwave ovens, vacuum cleaners
- lithium-ion batteries, car batteries
- metal shelves, racks, containers
- wire hangers, metal tins
- string lights, Christmas lights, cables, extensions
What we DO NOT ACCEPT:
We are not able to accept items local recyclers do not accept. At the moment that list is short but might change, so make sure to check it and NOT bring any:
Impact of E-Waste
A lot of harm to the environment and our health can be done as a result of not properly disposing of e-waste. "Air can be polluted when scavengers burn electronic waste to get the copper. If not disposed of properly, toxins from electronic waste can enter the soil and water supplies" (https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/09/the-global-cost-of-electronic-waste/502019/).
And in the process of harvesting for more new material, habitats are destroyed generating a tremendous impact on wildlife. Habitat preservation is a key piece for a sustainable community.
In cell phones, for example, "there are tiny pieces of gold, tin, tungsten and tantalum (coltan), minerals that are all mined from the earth. These minerals are used to fuse circuits and hold our phones together, but the high demand for these finite resources has been linked to incredible violence and habitat destruction in the areas where they are mined" (http://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/jane-goodall-recycling-phones/).
You can read more about habitat destruction and some of its impacts on websites like The National Wildlife Federation, Welcome Wildlife, and WWF among others.
If materials can be recovered and reused instead, the need for harvesting new resources will be reduced, decreasing damage to habitats as a result.
- Monitors
- TVs
- Printers
A note on CRT TVs and Monitors
According to county announcement, you may place CRTs on the curb for collection on regular trash day and you may take flat monitors, TVs and printers to the closest county Hazardous Waste collection center location. You may also be able to schedule special curb pick-up for those materials. For questions about any of that, contact your Solid Waste Management Department or your local hauler.
Other Alternatives
We have partnered with Computers Advancing Education to help share information about their program that refurbishes and recycles computers to donate them to schools, non-profit agencies, and deserving individuals across the region at no cost to the recipients.
To donate computer equipment to CAE, visit their website to make drop off arrangements or take your equipment to Titusville at 3000 Jolly Street on Tuesdays between 12:30pm – 5:00pm.
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They both offer recycling services for a wide range of electronics -- including printers -- and most of them free of charge. |
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Brevard residents may take up to 10 large hazardous items per year to one of the available collection centers. Brevard County Solid Waste Management Dept. lists other options on their website. Check it out: https://brevardfl.gov/SolidWaste/DisposalOfHouseholdElectronics |
Impact of E-Waste
A lot of harm to the environment and our health can be done as a result of not properly disposing of e-waste. "Air can be polluted when scavengers burn electronic waste to get the copper. If not disposed of properly, toxins from electronic waste can enter the soil and water supplies" (https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/09/the-global-cost-of-electronic-waste/502019/).
And in the process of harvesting for more new material, habitats are destroyed generating a tremendous impact on wildlife. Habitat preservation is a key piece for a sustainable community.
In cell phones, for example, "there are tiny pieces of gold, tin, tungsten and tantalum (coltan), minerals that are all mined from the earth. These minerals are used to fuse circuits and hold our phones together, but the high demand for these finite resources has been linked to incredible violence and habitat destruction in the areas where they are mined" (http://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/jane-goodall-recycling-phones/).
You can read more about habitat destruction and some of its impacts on websites like The National Wildlife Federation, Welcome Wildlife, and WWF among others.
If materials can be recovered and reused instead, the need for harvesting new resources will be reduced, decreasing damage to habitats as a result.
