Husband bought his first HD 32" TV back in 2005 for $999 at Costco. It's been through multiple moves over the years and was working fine a few months ago. This week, we decided to organize the garage and discovered the TV wouldn't turn on, no matter what we tried. We weren't sure where to take the TV since who wants a non-functioning TV and most donation places refuse to take TVs anyways.
Then discovered Sims Recycling Solutions on Yelp and checked out their website. We learned that Sims will take your e-waste at NO CHARGE. Wow! We thought we would have to pay a fee to drop off but nope, they take it at no charge! I guess they can take the items apart and sell them or recycle them, so it's a win-win.
Drove out to the big building on Washington and it was a little confusing to figure out where to go. There appears to be doors for a lobby but also a facility entrance on the back (right) side. We called the number listed and the employee said to go where the intercom is, push the button and someone would be out shortly. The two times we called their phone line, the employee has been very helpful, professional and courteous.
So we drove to the back right side where the intercom was located. Someone came on the line, spoke in a rushed tone, and we explained we were dropping off a TV. He then said something very fast and kinda gruff, and promptly hung up. My husband and I looked at each other because we had no idea what he said. But given we had read the other Yelp reviews, we figured someone would be coming out with a cart.
And yes indeed, after a few minutes of waiting, a guy came from behind the gate with a rolling cart. My friendly husband greeted the employee but did not receive a response. We loaded the TV onto the cart and I said hi to the employee and thanks but he showed no emotion.
As we left, we felt happy that we were able to drop off the TV to where it will hopefully be useful in a second life, and happy we have space in our garage again. We did comment that the pickup employee seemed very unhappy and my husband commented that he seemed to hate his job. Kinda sad.
But highly recommend this place if you have old TVs, monitors and laptops that you'd like to recycle! We did learn they do not take used batteries (like 9V and AA), and Best Buy does not either. They recommended taking them to Batteries Plus (or Batteries and Bulbs). read more