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Residents are encouraged to properly dispose of old or used electronics by taking them to one of Charleston County’s eight Convenience Centers for recycling.

It is important to recycle electronics rather than throwing them away because they often contain valuable resources such as precious metals (gold or silver), more common metals (aluminum and copper) and engineered plastics. Recycling electronics helps to recover the materials (although they are valuable they can be harmful to the environment) and also conserve landfill space.

• Adding machine
• Cable box
• Calculator
• Camcorder
• Clock
• Computer (including monitor, keyboard, mouse, hard drive, as well as laptops)
• Copy machine
• DVD player
• Fax machine
• Microwave
• Printer
• Scanner
• Shredder
• Radio/Stereo (including cassette players and CD players)
• Telephone (including cell phones and cordless phones)
• TV
• Remote control
• VCR
• Video game console and accessories