‘E-waste’ recycling in Park Slope Jan. 20
When many people throw out their old computers, printers, cell phones, television sets, and DVDs or VHS players, they put them in the basement or outside their house, where regular trash is collected.
Some people still don’t know that many of these devices contain harmful substances such as mercury, cadmium, beryllium, and brominated fire retardants.
However, awareness has been spreading throughout the borough and the city, to the point that electronic waste (or E-waste) collections now take place fairly frequently.