The City & County of Denver, in partnership with Best Buy and metech recycling, is now offering an Electronics Recycling Coupon Program.  The E-cycle Coupon will allow residents to drop-off their televisions, monitors and other electronic items at metech recycling's facility at a significantly discounted rate.  Residents may request an E-cycle coupon by completing the form below or by calling 3-1-1.

 

The E-cycle coupons are for residents living in the City & County of Denver only and there is a limit of one coupon per home.  Only a limited number of E-cycle coupons will be available and coupons will have an expiration date.   Electronic items will need to be brought to metech’s facility during normal working hours and residents will need to present the coupon on arrival.

 

Recycling fees with the E-cycle coupon are as follows:

 

Recycling Fees	First Item with coupon	Additional items with coupon	Regular Price (without coupon)
Monitors	$5	$8	$12
Televisions	$10	$15	$15 to $40
Other electronics and small appliances	$2	$2	$5

 

metech recycling has signed the Basel Action Network (BAN) pledge which states they will not engage in the exporting or “dumping” of e-waste, or in the use of prison labor in their recycling process. The Basel Action Network is an international non-profit organization that monitors the international trade of toxic wastes.

 

Please note that most televisions currently in use will not need replacing due to the switch to digital broadcasting.  Only residents using an antenna with their television (either rooftop or “rabbit ears”) will be affected by this change and purchasing a converter box will prevent the need to replace a television.  Televisions connected to cable, satellite or other pay TV services will not be affected.  If you must replace a television, the City & County of Denver encourages residents to recycle their old televisions and other electronics by participating in the Electronics Recycling Coupon Program and not throwing electronics in the trash.  Like most electronic waste, televisions and monitors contain hazardous materials such as lead.  When these items are broken they can release these hazardous materials and spread them to trash collectors and the environment.