Best Buy Drops $10 Fee For Electronics Recycling
RICHFIELD, Minn. (AP) — Best Buy Co. Inc. is eliminating a $10 fee that covered many items disposed of through its in-store electronics recycling program.
The Richfield-based electronics retailer says consumers now can drop off items free of charge at any Best Buy store nationwide.
The old $10 fee applied to items with screens such as TVs and computer monitors. Best Buy said Friday it's now taking tube screens up to 32 inches and flat-panel screens up to 60 inches. Stores also accept such items as DVD players, audio and video cables, cell phones and more.
Best Buy says its recycling programs collected 83 million pounds of electronics and 73 million pounds of appliances in 2010, and its goal is to collect 1 billion pounds of electronics by the end of 2014.
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