Trashing electronics becomes illegal in New York
If Santa brings you a shiny new laptop, video game console or flat-screen TV, don’t toss the old one in the trash.
Starting Jan. 1, the final phase of New York’s 2010 electronics recycling law takes effect, making it illegal for consumers to throw so-called “e-waste” in the garbage.
“Now you have to recycle it,” said John Shegerian, CEO of Fresno, Calif.-based Electronic Recyclers International, which provides e-waste recycling services for New York City, Los Angeles and 150 other municipalities across the country. “You need to find a legitimate recycler and get your material to them.”